# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop session continuity issues after reconnect

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where reconnecting causes desktop sessions to become lost, stranded, or appear dead despite data remaining intact. Concerns span session tile preservation, reap loop behavior, owner-routed RPCs, and stale UI state on macOS.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #93361. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93361 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-93361`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91276: \[Bug\]: macOS Desktop — session not found / dead chat after reconnect (history still in SQLite)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93361: fix(sessions): reconnect no longer strands or storms sessions — reap loop broken, owner-routed RPCs (8 salvages, #91276 cluster)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-session-routing.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/resolve-target-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/single-flight-resume.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool/approval.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts` (+18 more)
- **#91333: fix(desktop): preserve session tiles after reconnect**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93361`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93361 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`