# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify cards lost when switching desktop sessions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where clarify cards (including batch and pending ones) disappear from the desktop UI after switching between sessions. Multiple fix attempts target both the desktop restoration logic and gateway relay of clarify state.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99698. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99698 (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-99698`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92916: Desktop clarify card disappears after switching sessions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94170: fix(desktop): restore pending clarify cards after session switch (supersedes #90053)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/clarify-hydration.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/restore-pending-clarify.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/restore-pending-clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/clarify-tool.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/tool-parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/clarify.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`
- **#99698: fix(gateway): relay compute-host clarify state so cards survive session switches (salvage #98571)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_compute_host_phase1.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host.py`, `tui_gateway/host_supervisor.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_prompt.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#93178: fix(desktop): restore batch clarify cards on session re-activation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94170`, `#90053`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99698 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.