# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop bot runtime stale session and hang fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a related set of bugs where desktop bot/chat mode enters broken states after sleep/wake cycles or runtime detachment, including stale RPC session storms and streaming hangs requiring a manual reload.

## 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 #100710. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100710 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99646: \[Bug\] Desktop Bot Mode fails to stream responses and hangs on sleep/wake ("waking up" loop, requires Ctrl+R)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100710: fix(desktop): stop stale session-scoped RPC storms and heal reaped runtimes (salvage of #95647)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/gateway-events.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/gateway-events.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-status.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer-status.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/goals.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/goals.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/native-notifications.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/native-notifications.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/prompts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/runtime-gone.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/runtime-gone.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-gone-latch.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-request-router.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-request-router.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#99708: fix(desktop): resume Bot Chat after a detached runtime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99646`, `#100710`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100710 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.