# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop restored background tab titles missing until activated

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where restored background tabs on Desktop display 'New session' instead of their saved session title until the tab is first clicked. The work involves persisting and showing session titles on unrestored tab tiles.

## 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 #101260. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101260 (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-101260`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94167: \[Bug\]: Desktop restored background tabs stay titled "New session" until first activated

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101260: Desktop: restored background tabs show their session title without a click (#94167, salvage #94212)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/controller.tsx`
- **#94212: fix(desktop): persist session titles on unrestored tab tiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8d6a286fe8`, `#101260`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101260 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.