diff --git a/doGui.go b/doGui.go
index 0628fe5..7d91db7 100644
--- a/doGui.go
+++ b/doGui.go
@@ -193,19 +193,6 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		releaseWin = makeModeMasterWin()
 	})
 
-	/*
-		// the Devel / Patch mode window
-		var patchWin *patchesWindow
-		gridM.NewButton("Patch Window", func() {
-			if patchWin != nil {
-				patchWin.Toggle()
-				return
-			}
-			patchWin = new(patchesWindow)
-			patchWin.initWindow()
-			patchWin.Show()
-		})
-	*/
 	var patches *stdPatchsetTableWin
 	gridM.NewButton("Patch Window", func() {
 		if patches != nil {
@@ -234,6 +221,33 @@ func drawWindow(win *gadgets.GenericWindow) {
 		reposWin = makeReposWin()
 	})
 
+	var patchesWin *stdPatchTableWin
+	gridM.NewButton("Pending patches", func() {
+		if patchesWin != nil {
+			patchesWin.Toggle()
+			return
+		}
+		loadUpstreamPatchsets()
+		if me.psets == nil {
+			log.Info("failed to download current patchsets")
+			return
+		}
+		notdone := new(forgepb.Patches)
+
+		all := me.psets.All()
+		for all.Scan() {
+			pset := all.Next()
+			AddNotDonePatches(notdone, pset)
+		}
+
+		for patch := range notdone.IterAll() {
+			comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+			log.Info("new patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.RepoNamespace, comment)
+		}
+		// savePatchsets()
+		patchesWin = makePatchesWin(notdone)
+	})
+
 	// set the initial button state based on the last
 	// forge mode the user saved in the config file
 	switch me.forge.Config.Mode {
diff --git a/windowPatchsets.go b/windowPatchsets.go
index 36ee7ba..4251a19 100644
--- a/windowPatchsets.go
+++ b/windowPatchsets.go
@@ -36,6 +36,37 @@ func (w *stdPatchsetTableWin) Toggle() {
 	w.win.Toggle()
 }
 
+func loadUpstreamPatchsets() {
+	psets, err := me.forge.GetPatchesets()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Info("Get Patchsets failed", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var foundnew bool
+	all := psets.All()
+	for all.Scan() {
+		pset := all.Next()
+		found := me.psets.FindByUuid(pset.Uuid)
+		if found == nil {
+			log.Info("new patchset", pset.Name, pset.Uuid)
+			pset.State = "new"
+			foundnew = true
+		} else {
+			log.Info("patchset already on disk", found.Name, found.State)
+			pset.State = found.State
+			if pset.State == "" {
+				pset.State = "new"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if foundnew {
+		log.Info("should save these here")
+		me.psets = psets
+		savePatchsets()
+	}
+}
+
 func makePatchsetsWin() *stdPatchsetTableWin {
 	dwin := new(stdPatchsetTableWin)
 	dwin.win = gadgets.NewGenericWindow("forge current patchsets", "patchset options")
@@ -54,35 +85,8 @@ func makePatchsetsWin() *stdPatchsetTableWin {
 	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("upstream", func() {
-		psets, err := me.forge.GetPatchesets()
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Info("Get Patchsets failed", err)
-			return
-		}
-
-		var foundnew bool
-		all := psets.All()
-		for all.Scan() {
-			pset := all.Next()
-			found := me.psets.FindByUuid(pset.Uuid)
-			if found == nil {
-				log.Info("new patchset", pset.Name, pset.Uuid)
-				pset.State = "new"
-				foundnew = true
-			} else {
-				log.Info("patchset already on disk", found.Name, found.State)
-				pset.State = found.State
-				if pset.State == "" {
-					pset.State = "new"
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		dwin.doPatchsetsTable(psets)
-		if foundnew {
-			log.Info("should save these here")
-			me.psets = psets
-			savePatchsets()
-		}
+		loadUpstreamPatchsets()
+		dwin.doPatchsetsTable(me.psets)
 	})
 
 	grid.NewButton("save", func() {
@@ -354,7 +358,12 @@ func setNewCommitHash(p *forgepb.Patchset) bool {
 
 func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
 	for patch := range pset.Patches.IterAll() {
-		// parts := strings.Fields(patch.Comment)
+		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
+
+		if found := notdone.FindByCommitHash(patch.CommitHash); found != nil {
+			log.Info("duplicate notdone patch:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.RepoNamespace, comment)
+			continue
+		}
 
 		repo := me.forge.FindByGoPath(patch.RepoNamespace)
 		if repo == nil {
@@ -363,8 +372,6 @@ func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		comment := cleanSubject(patch.Comment)
-
 		if patch.NewHash != "na" {
 			log.Info("already applied patch: newhash:", patch.NewHash, "commithash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.RepoNamespace, comment)
 			continue
@@ -379,6 +386,6 @@ func AddNotDonePatches(notdone *forgepb.Patches, pset *forgepb.Patchset) {
 
 		// this patch has not been applied yet
 		log.Info("patch: not found hash:", patch.CommitHash, patch.RepoNamespace, comment, newhash, err)
-		notdone.Append(patch)
+		notdone.AppendByCommitHash(patch) // double check to ensure the commit hash isn't added twice
 	}
 }