# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop chat link address visibility fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the desktop client hides or shortens URL addresses in chat, and patches addressing that visibility problem. Related fixes for scope adoption, citeturn markers, traffic-light overlap, and SSH paste attachments are bundled in the same changeset.

## 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 #122078. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122078 (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-122078`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121007: \[Bug\]: Desktop shortens a bare URL to a host-only label and hides labeled links' addresses — the user cannot read an address sent in chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122078: fix(desktop): pop-out scope adoption, bare URLs stay visible, citeturn markers, traffic-light overlap, SSH paste attachments**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_references.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/browser-popout-handoff.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.bare-url.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/narrow-overlays.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/narrow-overlays.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.citation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/preview.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/phantomthedog@users.noreply.github.com`, `tests/agent/test_context_references.py`, `tests/tools/test_credential_files.py`, `tools/credential_files.py`
- **#121013: fix(desktop): keep chat link addresses visible**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122078`, `#121007`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122078 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.