# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows desktop Paste menu item disabled bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the right-click and edit-menu Paste options remain grayed out on Windows desktop despite clipboard containing text, while Ctrl+V still works. Related fixes address clipboard probing logic gating the Paste menu item.

## 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 #94395. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #94395 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91553: \[Bug\]: Desktop right-click "Paste" stays disabled on Windows even with text on clipboard (Ctrl+V works)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94395: fix(desktop): Windows right-click Paste no longer grayed out with text on the clipboard (#91553, salvage #91576)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/store.ts`
- **#91576: fix(desktop): stop gating edit-menu Paste on the clipboard probe (#91553)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#94395`, `#91553`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #94395 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-25`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`