# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Local image rendering blocked in desktop app

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #39947: fix(desktop): render local markdown images

These issues and fixes address a bug where locally generated or file-based images fail to render in the Hermes desktop app, appearing as blocked or missing. The work involves both the blocking behavior and where generated images are displayed in the UI.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.45`: 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

- #38786: \[Bug\]: Hermes Desktop shows generated local images as \[Image blocked: ...\] even though image generation succeeds
- #39904: Bug Report: Local \`file://\` Images Not Rendering in Hermes Desktop App

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39947: fix(desktop): render local markdown images**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.local-image.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`

## Fix status

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