# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix missing file error message on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where opening a missing local file incorrectly reports 'No application found to open URL' instead of 'File not found.' The fix adds an existence check before calling shell.openExternal.

## 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 #125165. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125165 (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-125165`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122027: Desktop: opening a missing local file reports "No application found to open URL" — existence is never checked before shell.openExternal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125165: fix(desktop): say "File not found" when opening a missing file**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/external-open.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/external-open.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/hardening.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/open-missing-file.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload-external-open.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/external-open-failed-dialog.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/external-open-failed-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`
- **#122029: fix(desktop): say "file not found" when opening a missing file**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125165 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.