# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix wide markdown wrapping in desktop chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and two related fixes addressing how wide markdown content and code fences in the desktop chat transcript cause horizontal scrolling instead of wrapping vertically.

## 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 #128590. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128590 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-128590`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70451: \[Bug\]: Desktop — chat markdown/.md preview forces horizontal scroll; should wrap (vertical scroll only)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128590: fix(desktop): wrap wide markdown and fences instead of scrolling the transcript**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/markdown-overflow.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.overflow.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message-text.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.overflow.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/compact-markdown.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.wrap.test.tsx`
- **#70520: fix(desktop): wrap markdown content in chat**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128590 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`