# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop paste/attachment deduplication and transcript fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the desktop client where pasted attachments and screenshots cause duplicate or mismatched turns in the transcript. Work covers attachment rewrite reconciliation, prompt deduplication, and related matching logic.

## 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 #122079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122079 (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-122079`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120978: \[Bug\]: Desktop — pasted-screenshot prompt still re-appended below the newest turn (attachment rewrite, no rowId) — follow-up to #119326

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122079: fix(desktop): transcript duplication — acknowledged-prompt dedupe, attachment-tolerant matching, continuation provenance, backtick URLs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/artifact-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/attachment-turn.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/reconciliation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json` (+4 more)
- **#120986: fix(desktop): reconcile rewritten pasted attachment turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122079`, `#120978`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.