YouTube embed Referer fix in desktop app

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 106596

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #130975. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #130975. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #127201. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and pull requests address YouTube embeds failing in the desktop app due to the Referer header fix being applied to the wrong or unused session partition. The work involves correctly stamping the Referer on the session(s) actually used by chat embeds.

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  • #130975 fix(desktop): play YouTube embeds through a loopback player host

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/youtube-embed.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/youtube-embed.tsx, apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts

  • #131015 fix(desktop): YouTube embed host answers malformed paths with 404 instead of crashing

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.ts

  • #127201 fix(desktop): restore YouTube embeds in the packaged app

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/electron/embed-referer.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/embed-referer.ts, apps/desktop/electron/main.ts, apps/desktop/electron/remote-ws-headers.ts, apps/desktop/electron/renderer-server.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/renderer-server.ts, apps/desktop/electron/renderer-url.test.ts, apps/desktop/electron/renderer-url.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/embed-consent.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/providers/detect.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/providers/types.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/providers/youtube.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/url-embed.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/youtube-embed.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/embeds/youtube-embed.tsx

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 3 · done elsewhere 1

  • #106616 fix(desktop): stamp YouTube Referer on the default session too · superseded by another PR → #127201
  • #106620 fix(desktop): stamp YouTube embed Referer in the session chat embeds actually use · superseded by another PR → #127201
  • #130892 fix(desktop): restore YouTube embeds without losing settings or remote backends · superseded by another PR → #127201
  • #130984 fix(desktop): YouTube embeds play in the packaged app while the window stays file:// (#106596, re-lands #127201) · done elsewhere → #130975, #131015
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#106596[Bug]: YouTube embeds fail with error 153 in desktop app (Referer fix wired to unused session partition)
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#130975, #131015, #127201
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4 PRs closed without merging
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2 Oct 2026

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