# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop reasoning blocks off still shows thinking

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where disabling Reasoning Blocks on desktop still exposes thinking content and tool calls in the transcript, along with related fix attempts to suppress that output.

## 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 #115335. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115335 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #93817: \[Bug\]: Desktop — Reasoning Blocks off still dumps thinking and every tool call

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115335: fix(desktop): Reasoning Blocks off now hides thinking in the transcript (#49664, salvage #49725)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/message-parts.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/streaming.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/reasoning-disclosure.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#103379: fix(desktop): honor Reasoning Blocks off as answer-only**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#49664`, `#115335`, `#49725`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115335 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.