# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop setting to open links in external browser

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern adding a desktop application setting that allows users to always open links in the OS or external browser instead of the built-in in-app preview pane.

## 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 #120790. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120790 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106850: \[Feature\]: Desktop setting to always open links in the external browser instead of the in-app preview pane

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120790: feat(desktop): setting to always open links in the external browser**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/config-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/external-links.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/external-links.ts`
- **#106858: feat(desktop): Appearance setting to open links in the OS browser**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120790`, `#106850`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120790 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.