# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop image attachment byte-upload reliability fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #125122: Desktop: image attach still sends client path to remote gateway for pre-existing sessions (#120730 follow-up; 99a161531c incomplete)
- PR #128523: fix(desktop): fail safe toward bytes when attaching an image

These items address failure modes in desktop image attachment where file paths were sent instead of actual bytes, with fixes to ensure composer-staged image bytes are uploaded correctly regardless of session or owner-mode context.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #125122: Desktop: image attach still sends client path to remote gateway for pre-existing sessions (#120730 follow-up; 99a161531c incomplete)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125162: fix(desktop): upload composer-staged image bytes regardless of owner-mode resolution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#125218: fix(desktop): fail safe toward bytes when attaching an image**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f8d5ec7743`
- **#128523: fix(desktop): fail safe toward bytes when attaching an image**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.ts`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`