# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop link preview and connection mode enhancements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Two distinct desktop improvements are covered: file-path links in chat now open through view-time preview handling, and the active connection mode is now exposed to skills, MCP, and plugins. These items share a desktop context but address different subsystems.

## 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 #89483. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #89483 (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-89472`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82140: feat(desktop): expose resolved connection mode to skills, MCP, and plugins

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89472: Desktop chat file-path links now open via view-time preview resolution (#82140)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.filelinks.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.ts`
- **#89483: Desktop activation publishes atomically and fails closed (salvage #82187 store hardening)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile-agent-activation.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`
- **#82187: feat(desktop): expose resolved connection mode to skills, MCP, and plugins**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82140`, `#89472`, `#89483`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #89483 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-18`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`