# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop preview pane blocked on external HTTP URLs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The desktop preview pane silently ignores external HTTP/HTTPS URLs, leaving the pane on about:blank. Two fixes address allowing public external URLs to load in the preview pane.

## 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 #130393. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130393 (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-130393`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129757: Desktop preview pane: desktop_preview.open(http URL) silently does nothing — pane stays on about:blank

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130393: fix(desktop): open public http(s) pages in the preview pane**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-url-target.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preview-url-target.ts`
- **#129758: fix(desktop): allow external preview URLs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#130393`, `#129757`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130393 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.