# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop URL validation and title-fetch fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and patches address improper URL handling in the desktop app, where unvalidated or malformed URLs (including directive wrappers and chat markup) leak into fetch and load calls, causing errors. Fixes include stripping wrappers, validating schemes, and guarding related edge cases.

## 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 #122000. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122000 (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-122000`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93893: Desktop: chat @url: link markup leaks into Electron loadURL(), producing bogus ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED on printf-style code snippets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122000: fix(desktop): wave-8 misc fixes — search title, keybind guard, skill pill, @file: titles, math backslash, Cmd+1-9, @url: scheme, ARM64 gate**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/title_generator.py`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/bootstrap.rs`, `apps/bootstrap-installer/src-tauri/src/update.rs`, `apps/desktop/electron/link-title-url.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/link-title-url.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/search-result-to-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/hooks/use-keybinds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/markdown-text.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/tab-slot-shown.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/de.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/es.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/fr.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/keybinds/combo.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts` (+9 more)
- **#94002: fix(desktop): validate link-title URLs before curl/renderer load**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#122000`
- **#94149: fix(desktop): strip directive wrappers and validate URLs before title fetches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122000 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.