# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop preview webview destroyed on each URL change

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop preview webview guest is recreated on every URL change, causing ref loss and annotation state bleed within a session. Related fixes aim to reuse the existing webview guest instead of destroying it.

## 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 #127050. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127050 (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-127050`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120265: drive_preview / desktop_preview unstable within session: webview destroys on every URL change, refs die, annotate state bleeds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127050: fix(desktop): reuse preview webview guest across URL changes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.tsx`
- **#120303: fix(desktop): reuse preview webview guest across URL changes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#127050`, `#120265`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127050 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.