# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix broken video/audio rendering in desktop chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Generated videos and audio appear as broken image icons in the desktop chat UI. These members address rendering media correctly and making schema delivery instructions platform-neutral.

## 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 #73521. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73521 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #40896: Desktop: Generated videos show broken image icon in chat (video downloads & plays fine)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73521: fix(desktop): voice profile scoping, remote media playback, stop-button state, read-aloud content**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-voice-conversation.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.media.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes-profile-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/speech-text.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/speech-text.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/voice-playback.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_profile_unification.py`
- **#41085: fix(desktop): render video/audio image-markdown as media, not broken <img>**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `097f0d0167`, `9eb827d006`, `#73521`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73521 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`