# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop gateway routing and identity preservation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern bugs and fixes related to how the desktop client routes connections and RPCs across multiple gateways or backends, particularly around preserving the correct primary gateway identity and honoring the switcher-selected source.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95692. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95692 (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-95692`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #95628: Desktop multi-connection routing: new sessions silently default to a different backend than the one selected in the switcher

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95692: fix(desktop): keep secondary-gateway publication from relabeling the primary socket (salvage #95396 + guard)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`
- **#95396: fix(desktop): preserve primary gateway identity across source switches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1a5547c5c`, `#95692`, `#95628`, `#94724`
- **#95680: fix(desktop): fresh-chat RPCs route by the switcher-selected source, never the primary by default**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#95628`, `#95692`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95692 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.