# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS desktop file-opening and delivery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address issues with opening files on macOS desktop, including PDF handling failures when the default handler is broken and improvements to non-media file delivery with preview cards and download guidance.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #97812. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97812 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #68937: \[Bug\]: Desktop (macOS) — PDF/file links fail to open via shell.openPath and fall back to reveal-in-Finder when the default handler is broken

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97812: fix(desktop): MEDIA: any-file delivery — preview card + Download button for non-media files; guidance aligned**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.media-md.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`
- **#68953: fix(desktop): open macOS PDFs via Preview when the default handler is broken (#68937)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `fae063fc74`, `#68937`, `#97812`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97812 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-29`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`