# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop Markdown two-space hard break preservation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the desktop Markdown preprocessor strips two-space hard line breaks, along with proposed and submitted fixes to preserve them.

## 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 #104980. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104980 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97117: \[Bug\]: Desktop Markdown preprocessor strips two-space hard breaks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104980: fix(desktop): Markdown hard breaks and code Copy retain whitespace (#97117)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/chat/shiki-highlighter.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/embedded-images.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/embedded-images.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/generated-images.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/generated-images.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-preprocess.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/markdown-whitespace.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-targets.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-targets.ts`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/markdown-README.md`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/markdown-producer.py`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/navigation-markdown-README.md`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/navigation-markdown-live.mjs`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/navigation-markdown-probe.html`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/navigation-markdown-probe.tsx`, `evals/desktop_bug_campaign/navigation-vite.mjs`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`
- **#97175: fix(desktop): preserve two-space hard breaks in preprocessMarkdown**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `583ff8b6b149b45e65de375977e92684ae022611`, `#104980`
- **#97431: fix(desktop): preserve two-space Markdown hard breaks in preprocessing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `583ff8b6b149b45e65de375977e92684ae022611`, `#104980`, `#97175`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104980 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.