# NousResearch/hermes-agent · React version mismatch causing blank desktop window

## Open now

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The Windows desktop app opens to a blank white window due to mismatched React and ReactDOM versions being sourced from different origins. A correction was proposed to source both from a single origin.

## 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 #86674. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86674 (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-86674`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84018: \[Bug\]: Windows desktop opens to a blank white window — React error #527 (root-hoisted react 19.2.8 vs pinned react-dom 19.2.7)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86674: fix(desktop): resolve react/react-dom from one origin to fix blank window (#84018)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/scripts/assert-root-install.mjs`, `apps/desktop/vite.config.ts`, `tests-js/react-dom-pair-compat.test.ts`
- **#84048: fix(desktop): resolve react/react-dom from one origin to fix blank window (#84018)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86674`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86674 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`