# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop plugin catalog deep links and plugins.json fetching

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern desktop catalog deep links (hermes://plugin/install?catalog=…) and how the plugins.json catalog is fetched; one issue reports a 301 redirect without CORS blocking the fetch. Two pull requests propose different approaches: fetching from the CORS-enabled final host, or having the backend look up the entry.

## 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 #137664. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #137664 (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-137664`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #136483: \[Bug\]: Desktop catalog deep links (hermes://plugin/install?catalog=…) all fail — plugins.json fetch blocked by a 301 without CORS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137664: fix(desktop): catalog deep links ask the backend for the entry \[risk 0.55\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/plugin-catalog.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/plugin-catalog.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/plugin-catalog-install.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_plugins_catalog_lookup.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_plugin_catalog.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#136489: fix(desktop): fetch the plugin catalog JSON from the CORS-enabled final host**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#136483`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #137664 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-13`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`