# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode group chat identity and label fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in bot-mode related to speaker identity display, including incorrect 'thinking' labels after renaming and improper member labeling in group chat rooms by connection and profile scope.

## 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 #113382. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113382 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #102180: fix(bot-mode): source-scoped renamed default still shows “Hermes is thinking…”

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113382: fix(bot-mode): Group Chat rooms label members by their owning connection and profile (#96432, #101382, #102294, #94869, salvage #96520)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/group-transcript-owner-meta.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat-view.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-members.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-turns.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/routing.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#102207: fix(bot-mode): preserve scoped group speaker identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `00bae45b2eea`, `#113382`, `#964`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113382 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.