# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows local file path URL fix in desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where opening local Windows file paths (e.g. C:\\...) from the artifacts panel incorrectly raised an 'Invalid external URL' error. The fix normalizes bare Windows absolute paths into proper file:// URLs before opening them.

## 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 #128419. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128419 (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-128419`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80946: \[Windows\]\[Desktop\] Opening local file paths (C:\\...) from artifacts panel fails with "Invalid external URL"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128419: fix(desktop): open bare local paths instead of "Invalid external URL"**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/external-open.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/external-open.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-filesystem-path.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-filesystem-path.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`
- **#80969: fix(desktop): normalize Windows absolute paths to file:// URLs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#84361`, `#84542`, `#87624`, `#90669`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128419 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`