# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Chat agent reply loss fix on api_server

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where message_agent silently drops replies when the sender is a Bot Chat running on an api_server. The work focuses on preventing api_server Bot Chats from losing or missing agent reply notifications.

## 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 #115821. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115821 (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-115821`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101142: \[Bug\] message_agent can silently lose replies when sender Bot Chat is on api_server

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115821: fix(bot-mode): message_agent stops promising a reply notification an api_server Bot Chat cannot receive (#101142, salvage #101159)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#101159: fix(bot-mode): stop api server Bot Chats from losing agent replies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d86a1687ca86`, `#115821`, `#101142`, `#101159`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115821 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.