# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop image pre-analysis failure handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where desktop image attachments could silently fail or drop turns when pre-analysis was interrupted, with changes to make pre-analysis non-blocking and fail gracefully with visible errors and timeouts.

## 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 #86922. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86922 (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-86922`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83291: \[Bug\]: Desktop image attachments silently fail or drop the turn when pre-analysis fails / is interrupted (no response)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86922: fix(desktop): stop blocking the image submit path on vision pre-analysis**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_image_ref_message.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#83368: fix(desktop): fail-soft image pre-analysis with timeout and visible error**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86922`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86922 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`