# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop attachment fallback for read-only workspaces

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to a problem where desktop file attachments fail when the session workspace is read-only. The work involves adding fallback behavior to use an alternative cache location (HERMES_HOME) in such cases.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #81717. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81717 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #79065: Desktop file attachments fail when session workspace is read-only

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81717: fix(docker): deliver desktop binary attachments into sandbox backends (#76577)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/context_references.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-edit-composer.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session.ts`, `tests/agent/test_context_references.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tests/tools/test_credential_files.py`, `tools/credential_files.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#79073: fix(desktop): fall back for read-only attachment workspaces**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `13ce0c5c67`, `#79065`, `#76577`
- **#79095: fix(desktop): fall back to HERMES_HOME cache when session workspace is read-only**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `464e7e4e5f`, `#81717`, `#52556`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81717 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`