# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SSH v1 to v2 registry migration fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where SSH-only connections from the v1 gateway are not reconciled into the v2 connections registry, causing Desktop to silently fall back to a default device. The work involves healing this drift between the two registry formats.

## 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 #99697. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99697 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96742: SSH-only connection.json is never reconciled into connections.json (v2 registry) — Desktop silently falls back to "This device"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99697: fix(desktop): heal v1 SSH gateway routes into the v2 connections registry**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.ts`
- **#96914: fix(desktop): heal SSH-only v1 connection drift into v2 registry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2e9a39d28e4`, `#99697`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99697 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.