# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Document peer promote/demote to prevent split-brain

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address missing or incomplete user documentation for groups.peer.promote and groups.peer.demote commands, with particular concern that omitting demote guidance can lead to split-brain room states. A safe authority recovery guide is also included.

## 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 #104906. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104906 (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-104906`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104309: groups.peer.promote/demote are absent from user docs; omitting demote causes room split-brain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104906: docs: guide safe hosted-room authority recovery (#104309, redo #104342)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#104342: docs: document groups.peer.promote and demote to prevent split-brain**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `10b0722ce5`, `#104906`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104906 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.