# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix desktop markdown file links with spaces

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where markdown file links containing spaces in the path—both angle-bracket and standard formats—fail to route correctly to preview on desktop. The fixes update link-matching logic to handle spaces in file paths.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #130020. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130020 (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-130020`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #102782: Desktop: markdown links to local paths containing spaces render as "\[blocked\]" (FILE_LINK_RE cannot match angle-bracket destinations)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130020: fix(desktop): preview-file markdown links with spaces in the path**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.filelinks.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`
- **#102797: fix(desktop): preview-file markdown links with spaces in the path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130020`, `#101683`, `#115609`
- **#103727: fix(desktop): route angle-bracket file links with spaces to preview**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102797`, `#102782`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130020 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.