# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop local directory transcript link handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the desktop app handles transcript links pointing to local filesystem paths, including broken text previews and incorrect Download behavior instead of native directory opening.

## 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 #127293. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127293 (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-127293`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101683: Desktop: local directory links become broken text previews and local paths show Download

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127293: fix(desktop): branch transcript path cards on local filesystem state**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/preview-attachment.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/preview-attachment.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/local-preview.local-target.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/local-preview.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/preview.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`
- **#101687: fix(desktop): open local directory transcript links natively**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101683`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127293 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.