# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode DM delivery with Desktop-owned sessions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where Bot Mode direct messages are mishandled when the recipient's session has a live Desktop owner, and related fixes to queue or correctly route those DMs rather than dropping or misdirecting 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 #101293. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101293 (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-101293`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #100523: \[Bug\]: Bot Mode DM delivery fails instead of queueing when recipient session has a live desktop owner

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101293: fix(bot-mode): DMs to a Desktop-owned Bot Chat land in the live session instead of being dropped (#100523)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_bot_relay_methods.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py`
- **#100542: fix(bot-mode): keep DMs until a live Desktop owner detaches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#100523`, `#101293`
- **#100544: fix(gateway): keep Bot Mode DMs when Desktop owns the chat**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101293`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101293 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.