# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Embedded browser and URL preview features for desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern adding an in-app browser or webview to the desktop application, including URL-based live preview, address bar controls, navigation history, and native gesture support.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #89126. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89126 (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-89126`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #45588: \[Feature Request\]: Built-in Browser/Webview inside Hermes Desktop app
- #60030: feat(desktop): URL-based live preview in preview panel (embedded browser for dev servers)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89126: Browser controls for the in-app browser: address bar, history, and native gestures**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/directive-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/pane-mirror.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/preview-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-browser-bar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-browser-bar.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-console-store.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-nav.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-nav.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-pane.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-strip-tools.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/command-palette/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/links.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/terminal/links.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/directive-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/session-ref-open.test.tsx` (+12 more)
- **#63598: feat(desktop): add URL preview navigation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89126`, `#60030`, `#89126`, `#89126`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89126 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`