# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clear error handling when SSH workspace host is unreachable

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern the webapp's workspace file routes when the SSH host is down, including a bug report of 500 responses at first connection and fixes that return a clearer error. One member also covers resolving workspace files and media in a session's Docker sandbox or SSH workspace.

## 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 #144741. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144741 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #144669: \[Bug\]: SSH workspace file routes return 500 when the host is down at the first connection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144741: fix(webapp): resolve workspace files and media in the session's Docker sandbox or SSH workspace, and a clear error when the SSH host is down**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/api/client.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-file.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/tool-media-slot.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/preview-attachment.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hooks/use-media-playback-src.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_command_center.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant_command_center.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-desktop-bridge.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/browser-files.ts` (+19 more)
- **#144661: fix(webapp): return a clear error when the SSH file host is down**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `85ef54df8dd5`, `8ec0b6e6ce41`, `#144741`, `#144648`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144741 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-26`.