# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop user prompts truncated; options to show full messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #42992: Desktop user message bubble hides additional prompt lines
- PR #43005: fix(desktop): render user prompts in full
- PR #130063: feat(desktop): add a Show full messages option for long user prompts

The members concern long user prompts in the desktop app's message bubble, where additional lines are reportedly hidden. One item proposes a 'Show full messages' option and another proposes rendering user prompts in full; their status is not stated here.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #42992: Desktop user message bubble hides additional prompt lines

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43005: fix(desktop): render user prompts in full**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7ff6908a59536d2d788c8bc9aac64791829dbdeb`, `9bdf01852ac1bfdcb65af2d75156b395750b2e08`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/styles.css`
- **#130063: feat(desktop): add a Show full messages option for long user prompts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/appearance-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/settings-manifest.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message-full-render.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar_settings.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_settings.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/desktop-metrics.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/show-full-user-messages.ts`, `locales/_keys.desktop.json`

## Fix status

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