# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Bot Chat stale/refresh display issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern the desktop Bot Chat view failing to reflect new or updated messages without a restart or remount, and fixes targeting that stale-display behavior.

## 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 #95600. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95600 (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-95600`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93604: Desktop: Bot Chat view doesn't refresh latest bot messages after switching bots (requires app restart)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95600: fix(desktop): open Bot Chats converge to new messages without a remount (#93604 + stale-transcript family)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/remote-routing-races.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-routing.test.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/desktop/test_bots_chat_live_append.py`, `tests/desktop/test_bots_chat_stream_rekey.py`
- **#93779: fix(desktop): refresh hidden Bot Chats after background writes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f4e8eb156876a27687a9bc7db0e1b6343a9c35c0`, `#95600`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95600 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.