# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop preview popup links open in system browser

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a problem where 'Ask Google', 'Ask ChatGPT', and similar links in the desktop preview pane were not opening anywhere. The fix routes those popup/guest links to the OS default browser instead.

## 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 #113821. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113821 (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-113821`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #112941: Desktop preview: 'Ask Google' / 'Ask ChatGPT' buttons do nothing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113821: fix(desktop): preview-pane 'Ask …' links open in the system browser (#112941, salvage #112959)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/AGENTS.md`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-guest-preload-entry.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-guest-preload.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-guest-preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/scripts/bundle-electron-main.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-external.ts`
- **#112959: fix(desktop): route preview-guest popups to the OS browser**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `c89da234a`, `#113821`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113821 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.