Changelog

All notable changes to Hermes Desktop are documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

0.2.2 - 2026-04-13

Added

• Slash commands in Chat — new palette of /-prefixed commands including
  /new, /clear, /btw, /approve, /deny, /status, /reset,
  /compact, /undo, /retry, /web, /image, /browse, /code,
  /file, /shell, /help, /tools, /skills, /model, /memory,
  /persona, and /version. Local commands (/new, /clear) are handled
  in the renderer; the rest are forwarded to the agent backend.
• Multi-turn chat history — sendMessage now forwards the full
  conversation history to the gateway using the standard OpenAI
  messages[] format, so the model sees prior turns instead of only the
  latest user input.
• Dedicated Gateway screen — messaging gateway configuration moved out
  of Settings into its own Gateway screen with per-platform cards for
  Telegram, Discord, and Slack, including show/hide toggles for API keys
  and per-platform enable switches.
• Platform enable/disable toggles — getPlatformEnabled /
  setPlatformEnabled IPC handlers read and write the platforms: block
  in config.yaml. Toggling a platform automatically restarts the gateway
  so the new config takes effect.
• AgentMarkdown component — new reusable markdown renderer with a
  lazy-loaded syntax highlighter (imported only when the first code block
  renders), copy-to-clipboard button, and a dedicated diff viewer with
  coloured +/-/@@ lines.
• Better error surfacing on empty model responses — when a streaming
  response completes with no content, the client now probes the same
  request in non-streaming mode to retrieve the real error message from
  the provider instead of showing a generic "no response" message.
• Groq voice/STT field — the GROQ_API_KEY setting is retained with a
  new hint ("Used for voice tools and STT") even though Groq is no longer
  a top-level chat provider.

Changed

• Project restructured — all top-level screens moved from
  src/renderer/src/components/ into
  src/renderer/src/screens/<ScreenName>/. Affected screens: Agents,
  Chat, Gateway, Install, Layout, Memory, Models, Office,
  Schedules, Sessions, Settings, Setup, Skills, Soul,
  SplashScreen, Tools, Welcome. Shared components (ThemeProvider,
  ErrorBoundary, AgentMarkdown, etc.) remain under components/.
• Gateway auto-restarts on config changes — editing an _API_KEY or
  _TOKEN environment value, switching model/provider/baseUrl, or
  toggling a platform now restarts the running gateway so the new
  configuration is picked up immediately.
• URL_KEY_MAP and LOCAL_PROVIDERS hoisted in src/main/hermes.ts
  so both the API and CLI code paths share a single definition.
• Default model list trimmed — reduced the bundled default-models set
  to the core providers (OpenRouter, Anthropic, OpenAI, Custom); removed
  hard-coded entries for Claude Opus 4, Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-4o, GPT-4o
  Mini, o3 Mini, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and the previous Groq chat presets.
• Code block styling — code blocks now use a unified --code-bg
  variable for header and body, with no surrounding border; token
  backgrounds are cleared so highlighting matches the block background.

Fixed

• Agent connection issues — errors embedded in SSE payloads are now
  captured (lastError) and surfaced to the chat UI instead of being
  swallowed. API HTTP error bodies are parsed for error.message
  before falling back to the raw snippet.
• Chat lag and bugs — performance and stability fixes across
  Chat.tsx, Layout.tsx, Settings.tsx, hermes.ts, and related
  stylesheet rules. AgentMarkdown memoisation and lazy highlighter
  imports significantly reduce re-render cost for long conversations.
• Gateway status polling — the status check interval in the Gateway
  screen is throttled to 10 s (plus short post-toggle re-checks) to
  reduce IPC overhead.

Removed

• Groq as a top-level chat provider — removed from the provider
  dropdown and from default-models.ts. The GROQ_API_KEY field is
  preserved for voice / STT tool usage.
• X-Hermes-Session-Id resume header on the API path — session
  continuity is now driven entirely by the forwarded history array.

Internal

• src/main/config.ts gains getPlatformEnabled / setPlatformEnabled
  helpers plus a SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS constant
  (telegram, discord, slack, whatsapp, signal). These patch the
  platforms: block in config.yaml in-place using scoped regexes so
  surrounding user config is preserved.
• src/preload/index.ts + index.d.ts expose
  getPlatformEnabled, setPlatformEnabled, and the extended
  sendMessage(… , history?) signature on window.hermesAPI.
• package.json bumped from 0.2.1 → 0.2.2.