# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop: fix dead external links in Keys settings

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107988: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: "Get key" links in Keys settings are dead — raw target=_blank anchor denied by the hardened window-open policy (needs openExternal bridge)
- PR #108000: fix(desktop): open Keys Get-key links via the openExternal bridge
- PR #110775: fix(desktop): dead external links now open via the audited opener

A bug was identified where 'Get key' links in the desktop app's Keys settings were non-functional due to the hardened window-open policy blocking raw target=_blank anchors. Multiple fixes route these external links through the openExternal bridge instead.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #107988: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: "Get key" links in Keys settings are dead — raw target=_blank anchor denied by the hardened window-open policy (needs openExternal bridge)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108000: fix(desktop): open Keys Get-key links via the openExternal bridge**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/credential-key-ui.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/credential-key-ui.tsx`
- **#110775: fix(desktop): dead external links now open via the audited opener**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `14efb46089`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/target.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/messaging/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/statusbar-href.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/titlebar-controls.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/free-tier/sign-in-dialog.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/free-tier/sign-in-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/flow-docs-link-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/flow-docs-link.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/flow.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/external-link.tsx`
- **#125642: fix(desktop): Settings -> Keys Get-key links route through openExternal**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`