# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix OS-dropped image preview rendering on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where images dragged and dropped from the OS into the desktop client display raw Markdown or unrendered blob references instead of thumbnail previews in sent messages.

## 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 #125548. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125548 (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-125548`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123368: \[Bug\]: Desktop shows raw Markdown for OS-dropped image previews

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125548: fix(desktop): paint OS-dropped images as thumbnails in sent messages**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-blob-image.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-runtime.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-runtime.ts`
- **#123410: fix(desktop): render blob image refs from OS drops as thumbnails**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125548 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.