# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop backend pool sizing and concurrency limits

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to controlling concurrent local backend spawns and pool sizing as a live preference in desktop settings. A related bug reports progressive slowdown during profile switching in long-running desktop sessions.

## 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 #101930. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101930 (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-101930`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #91545: \[Bug\] Desktop profile switching gets progressively slower during long-running sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101930: fix(desktop): cap concurrent local backend spawns + pool sizing as a live preference (salvage #100985 + #92581)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-limits.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-limits.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-spawn-coordinator.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/pool-spawn-coordinator.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/pool-limits-setting.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/pool-limits.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`
- **#92581: fix(desktop): pool sizing as a live device preference in Settings (#91545)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101930`, `#100985`, `#91545`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101930 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-03`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`