# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Quick Entry shortcut bugs on Wayland/KDE desktop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #95132: bug(desktop): Quick Entry broken on KDE Wayland — global shortcut falsely reported "taken"; X11 fallback window opens stuck at "Not connected"
- PR #95228: fix(desktop): Quick Entry reports unreachable shortcut services instead of false conflicts; composer state now delivered reliably
- PR #128179: fix(desktop): make the Quick Entry shortcut honest on portal-less Wayland compositors

These items address incorrect shortcut conflict reporting and broken Quick Entry behavior on portal-less Wayland compositors, particularly KDE. The work involves fixing misleading status messages and ensuring composer state is delivered correctly in affected environments.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #95132: bug(desktop): Quick Entry broken on KDE Wayland — global shortcut falsely reported "taken"; X11 fallback window opens stuck at "Not connected"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95228: fix(desktop): Quick Entry reports unreachable shortcut services instead of false conflicts; composer state now delivered reliably**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry-state-relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry-state-relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/quick-entry-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/quick-entry.ts`
- **#128179: fix(desktop): make the Quick Entry shortcut honest on portal-less Wayland compositors**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d69ae2aa3f8af158a0127bb929f50e1fea5210f1`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry-state-relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry-state-relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/quick-entry.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/quick-entry/quick-entry-app.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/quick-entry-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/quick-entry.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/main_desktop.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gui.py`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json` (+1 more)

## Fix status

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