# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop pin sync issues with messaging sessions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where desktop clients cannot unpin backend-only Photon messaging sessions due to pin synchronization not accounting for messaging rows across sidebar slices.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101208. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101208 (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-101208`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #92593: \[Bug\]: Desktop cannot unpin a backend-only Photon session because pin sync ignores messaging rows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101208: fix(desktop): backend-pinned messaging and cron sessions can be unpinned — pin sync reconciles every sidebar slice**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-pin-sync.ts`
- **#92601: fix(desktop): let backend-pinned messaging sessions be unpinned**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7b951e46ab`, `#101208`, `#92609`
- **#92609: fix(desktop): reconcile pins across sidebar slices**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7b951e46ab`, `#101208`, `#92601`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101208 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.