# NousResearch/hermes-agent · YouTube embed Referer fix in desktop app

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 3 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #130975. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130975 (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-127201`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #106596: \[Bug\]: YouTube embeds fail with error 153 in desktop app (Referer fix wired to unused session partition)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130975: fix(desktop): play YouTube embeds through a loopback player host**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - 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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/embed-host.ts`
- **#106616: fix(desktop): stamp YouTube Referer on the default session too**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127201`
- **#106620: fix(desktop): stamp YouTube embed Referer in the session chat embeds actually use**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127201`
- **#127201: fix(desktop): restore YouTube embeds in the packaged app**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - 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`
- **#130892: fix(desktop): restore YouTube embeds without losing settings or remote backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127201`
- **#130984: fix(desktop): YouTube embeds play in the packaged app while the window stays file:// (#106596, re-lands #127201)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130975`, `#130975`, `#131015`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130975 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-02`.