# NousResearch/hermes-agent · bot-mode message_agent persistence across tool rebuilds

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where message_agent is lost during tool rebuilds and compaction events in bot-mode. The work focuses on ensuring message_agent is retained through these lifecycle changes.

## 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 #104470. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104470 (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-104470`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102864: fix(bot-mode): compaction tool refresh drops dynamically injected message_agent

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104470: fix(bot-mode): message_agent survives compaction and every tool rebuild (#102864, salvage #103283)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_refresh_agent_mcp_tools.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_agent.py`
- **#103283: fix(bot-mode): retain message_agent across tool rebuilds (#102864)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `57f05e214`, `#104470`, `#102864`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104470 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.