# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop-spawned backend session and mode fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues with the desktop-spawned backend process, specifically around WebSocket session token rejection and incorrect forced headless mode or SPA configuration being applied to it.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95890. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95890 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #91495: Hermes Desktop fails to start with: WebSocket (/api/ws) rejected the session token

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95890: fix(desktop+serve): update no longer strands you on a white screen — headless token page at / + visible error/auto-reload**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/renderer-load-error-page.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/renderer-load-error-page.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-renderer-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-renderer-lifecycle.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#84444: fix(desktop): keep SPA mounted in headless serve when spawned by Desktop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91592`, `#91495`, `#91592`
- **#91497: fix(desktop): exempt desktop-spawned serve from forced headless mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#84444`
- **#91552: fix(serve): let the desktop-spawned backend keep its own SPA**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#84444`, `#84444`, `#91495`, `#84444`, `#84444`
- **#91592: fix(cli): do not force headless serve when Desktop spawned the backend (#91495)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `26f178e5fa`, `#91495`, `#94227`, `#95890`, `#84444`, `#84444`, `#91552`, `#91495`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95890 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`