# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop link previews triggering unwanted file downloads

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #39380: \[Bug\]: Desktop 'Artifacts' button triggers Hermes-Setup.dmg download
- PR #39498: \[codex\] fix(desktop): ignore installer link in artifacts

A cluster of issues and fixes around the Hermes desktop app inadvertently triggering native download dialogs when fetching link previews, artifact metadata, or background URLs that point directly to files.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #39380: \[Bug\]: Desktop 'Artifacts' button triggers Hermes-Setup.dmg download

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #41111: Desktop: background link previews/artifacts can trigger native download dialogs for direct file URLs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39498: \[codex\] fix(desktop): ignore installer link in artifacts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `03406ae2553e802f11399129c3f376a096bbec4f`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/artifact-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/artifacts/index.test.ts`
- **#41132: \[codex\] Guard desktop background previews from downloads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `42bc07d107cf9f932acc5a00c20aafc003737241`, `#41111`

## Fix status

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