# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot group chat media rendering as plain text

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where MEDIA: tags in bot group chat messages display as raw text paths rather than inline audio/image players, and efforts to align group chat rendering with 1:1 chat behavior.

## 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 #113420. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113420 (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-113420`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93728: Bug: MEDIA: tags render as plain text paths in bot group chat instead of inline audio/image players

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113420: fix(bot-mode): group-chat replies render code blocks and MEDIA: media like the 1:1 chat (#91878, #93728, salvage #94341)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/group-chat-code-block-and-media.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/package.json`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.media.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.render.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-test-utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`
- **#94341: fix(desktop): render Bot group MEDIA directives inline**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f924fac1855733fbd572c2bbfbbc04282f022966`, `#113420`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113420 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.