# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Duplicate project folders appearing in desktop sidebar

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug causes top-level project folders to render more than once in the desktop left navigation sidebar across profiles. The members include a bug report and related fix attempts addressing this deduplication issue.

## 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 #132008. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132008 (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-132008`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92588: \[Bug\]: Desktop left navigation renders top-level Project folders more than once

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132008: fix: deduplicate project folders in sidebar across profiles \[risk 0.60\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_merge_profile_tree.py`
- **#92637: fix: deduplicate project folders in sidebar across profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92588`, `#132008`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132008 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.