# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop remote/WSL file path routing and rendering corrections

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address broken file links and inline media rendering issues in desktop remote mode, where WSL or gateway path mismatches produce dead file:// URLs or missing artifacts. The work routes file access through the fs bridge and corrects Windows+WSL POSIX path handling.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #123049. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #123049 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-123049`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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

- #44523: \[Bug\]: Desktop remote mode: chat file links are silent dead ends (file:// fallback targets the gateway's path on the client; no display path for PDFs/non-images)
- #63669: \[Desktop\] Newly generated MEDIA images fail to render inline — WSL path routing race and fallback convergence

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123049: fix(desktop): bridge WSL paths for the remaining file-read handlers on Windows**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/local-read-path.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-read-path.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#44538: fix(desktop): remote-mode chat file links download via the fs bridge instead of dead file:// URLs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `03406ae2553e802f11399129c3f376a096bbec4f`
- **#64074: fix(desktop): route Windows+WSL POSIX media paths through gateway (#63669)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#71783`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #123049 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`