# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop sidebar session tab focus behavior

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #92926: Desktop: sidebar click on an already-tabbed session fronts the tab but never loads it into the main chat column (feels like a dead click)
- PR #98456: feat(desktop): open sidebar sessions and plugin pages in stable tabs by default

These members address how clicking a sidebar session interacts with existing tabs, covering both default tab-opening behavior and the case where clicking an already-open session fails to bring it into focus correctly.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #92926: Desktop: sidebar click on an already-tabbed session fronts the tab but never loads it into the main chat column (feels like a dead click)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94294: fix(desktop): sidebar click on an already-tabbed session loads it into main (#92926)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#98456: feat(desktop): open sidebar sessions and plugin pages in stable tabs by default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/sidebar-wheel-scroll.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/session-windows.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/route-tile.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/cron-jobs-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/gateway-groups.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/sessions-section.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/virtual-session-list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/restore-late-plugin-route.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts` (+44 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`