# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hidden panes stealing focus in desktop chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a desktop bug where hidden session panes intermittently yank focus to the composer or flash it, including a specific pattern tied to keep-alive transcript ticks occurring roughly every 30 seconds.

## 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 #99881. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99881 (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-99881`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #98680: Desktop: keep-alive transcript ticks flash the composer and steal focus (~30s)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99881: fix(desktop): stop hidden session panes from yanking the visible chat (supersedes #81829)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/focus.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/focus.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/scroll-to-bottom-button.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/clarify-hydration.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/input-requests.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/list.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/thread-scroll.ts`
- **#98681: fix(desktop): stop hidden panes from flashing composer focus**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99881`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99881 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.