# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop SSH terminal pane fails to start on v2 registry

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop terminal pane never opens for v2 registry SSH connections due to a mismatched bootstrap pool key, along with associated fix attempts targeting the lookup mismatch.

## 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 #103654. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103654 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97345: \[Bug\]: Desktop terminal pane never starts on a v2 registry SSH connection — \`activeSshTerminalTarget\` reads a \`backendScopeKey\` the bootstrap writer never writes (regression from #95081)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103654: fix(desktop): Terminal pane opens on remote SSH backends — pool lookups use the key the tunnel was published under (#99666, #95472, #97345; salvage #95473 + #97356)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-remote-route.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-remote-route.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-connection-route.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-connection-route.ts`
- **#97356: fix(desktop): resolve v2 registry SSH terminals from the bootstrap pool key**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2afd17a9d7`, `#103654`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103654 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.