# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom avatar upload feature for desktop app

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #50160: Feature Request: Custom Avatar Support in Hermes Desktop App
- PR #65686: feat(desktop): persistent avatar/PFP with upload, drag-drop, and URL …

A feature request and related pull requests for adding persistent profile picture support to the Hermes desktop app, including upload, drag-and-drop, and URL input methods.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #50160: Feature Request: Custom Avatar Support in Hermes Desktop App

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64754: feat(desktop): persistent avatar/PFP with upload, drag-drop, and URL …**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#65686: feat(desktop): persistent avatar/PFP with upload, drag-drop, and URL …**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/preload.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-desktop-integrations.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/avatar-crop.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/avatar-crop.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/avatar-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-avatar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-avatar.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/avatar.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/avatar.ts`

## Fix status

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