# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pet sprite loading fixes on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures in loading pet sprites on desktop, including a missing User-Agent header causing 403 errors and a broken avatar picker when spritesheetUrl is empty for local-only pets.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108752. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108752 (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-108752`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #90465: petFrameIcon() fetch missing User-Agent → all pets fail to load with 403

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108752: fix(desktop): Bot Mode pet picker loads and selects self-generated pets (#90465, salvage #90931)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/pet.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/pet.tsx`
- **#90485: fix(desktop): send User-Agent when loading pet sprites**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#90931`
- **#90931: fix(desktop-bots): pet avatar picker fails for local-only pets (empty spritesheetUrl)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9c021a6bde`, `#108752`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108752 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `agent/pet`