# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop composer drag-and-drop file attach fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #128165: \[Bug\] Desktop: dropping on the composer does nothing, and cross-app drags highlight the dropzone but never attach
- PR #128168: fix(desktop): accept file drops with missing drag metadata
- PR #134025: fix(desktop): accept composer drops whose drag metadata under-reports \[risk 0.50\]

These items address a bug where dragging files onto the desktop composer fails to attach them, particularly when drag metadata is missing or under-reported. The work involves making the composer more tolerant of incomplete drag metadata from cross-app drag sources.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #128165: \[Bug\] Desktop: dropping on the composer does nothing, and cross-app drags highlight the dropzone but never attach

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128168: fix(desktop): accept file drops with missing drag metadata**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-drop.ts`
- **#134025: fix(desktop): accept composer drops whose drag metadata under-reports \[risk 0.50\]**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4b0afc87a00b79fb0417f3ff5f0f72d7ef4b442d`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-drop.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-drop.ts`

## Fix status

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