# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix MEDIA tag regex absorbing trailing punctuation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a desktop bug where the MEDIA tag regex incorrectly captures trailing markdown punctuation, breaking file links. Fixes involve trimming punctuation from captures and correcting file URL construction.

## 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 #127248. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127248 (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-127248`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84361: \[Bug\]: Desktop MEDIA: file links dead — tag regex absorbs trailing markdown, and file:// URLs built by string concat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127248: fix(desktop): trim trailing punctuation from bare MEDIA tag captures and reject degenerate paths**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.capture.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/media.ts`
- **#84542: fix(desktop): stop MEDIA tags absorbing trailing markdown punctuation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#127248`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127248 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`