# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills Hub sandbox permissions and link handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the embedded Skills Hub sandbox was blocking external links, clipboard access, and frame pinning. Two fixes attempt to restore those capabilities in the desktop environment.

## 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 #128278. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128278 (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-128278`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91612: \[Bug\]: embedded Skills Hub sandbox blocks its own external links and clipboard controls

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128278: fix(desktop): restore Skills Hub links, clipboard, and frame pinning**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/hub-iframe-policy.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-open-policy.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/window-open-policy.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/skills-hub-picker.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/skills-hub.tsx`
- **#97945: fix(desktop): allow Skills Hub links and clipboard writes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `2a400b4ade`, `#91612`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128278 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`