# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Large image previews freezing desktop composer UI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Reports and fixes related to the desktop app freezing or becoming unresponsive when large images (such as high-resolution Retina screenshots) are pasted into the composer. Work involves bounding and downscaling image previews to prevent UI freezes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86766. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86766 (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-86766`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #41169: \[Bug\]: Desktop freezes when pasting large images (Retina screenshots > 5MB)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86766: fix(desktop): composer behavior rollup — width, collapse, popout, latch, bounded previews, draft preservation (salvages #69509 #68148 #70515 #71102 #68744/#85274 #44622 #53434 #73946)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/attachments.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/attachments.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-draft.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-popout.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-composer-popout.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/hooks/use-popout-drag.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/inline-refs.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/status-stack/status-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/hooks/use-composer-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/route-session-state.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/route-session-state.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile-attachments.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx` (+24 more)
- **#68744: fix(desktop): downscale large images in composer preview to prevent UI freeze**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86766`
- **#85274: fix(desktop): bound large composer image previews**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86766`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86766 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`