# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop artifact path routing for tilde/relative paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Windows desktop clients reject tilde or relative artifact paths originating from remote Linux gateways, with related fixes routing such paths through the gateway file bridge or resolver.

## 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 #104963. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104963 (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-104963`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104123: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\] Windows client rejects ~/ artifact paths from remote Linux gateways as invalid external URLs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104963: fix(desktop): remote relative artifacts use gateway downloads (#104123)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/gateway-file-download.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/gateway-file-download.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/artifact-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/remote-open.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/files.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_files.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_files.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#104131: fix(desktop): route tilde/relative artifact paths to the bridge or resolver (#104123)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#104850: fix(desktop): route tilde artifact paths through gateway file bridge (#104123)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104123`, `#104131`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104963 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.