# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop image attachment path vs bytes fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Addresses a bug where attaching an image in a desktop chat served by a remote machine incorrectly sends the local file path instead of the image bytes. Changes involve determining whether to send bytes or a path based on the session owner's backend and handling image uploads for mode-less remote owners.

## 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 #122294. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122294 (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-122294`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120730: Desktop: attaching an image to a chat served by another machine sends the client path instead of bytes ("image not found: /Users/…")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122294: fix(desktop): decide image bytes vs path from the session owner's own backend**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/connection-registry-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`
- **#120733: fix(desktop): upload images for mode-less remote owners**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122294`, `#120730`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122294 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.