# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Find bar input excluded from native search results

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a problem where the desktop find bar's query input field appears in or interferes with native find-in-page results. The work focuses on preventing the search input from being counted or highlighted as a match within the page.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86843. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86843 (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-86843`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #73374: Desktop: search input overlaps UI panel + self-counts search term

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86746: fix(desktop): FindBar no longer overlaps native window controls**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.tsx`
- **#86843: fix(desktop): keep the find bar's query field out of native find-in-page results**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/find-in-page-native-fixture/package.json`, `apps/desktop/electron/find-in-page-native.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/electron/find-in-page.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/find-in-page.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/find-bar.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/store/find-in-page.ts`
- **#73467: fix(desktop): keep find bar out of native results**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86843`, `#86746`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86843 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`