# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Peer DM lookup fails with hidden canonical Bot Chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where peer DM lookup breaks when the canonical Bot Chat is hidden, particularly under compression, including a partial prior fix and a proposed resolution.

## 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 #106578. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106578 (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-106578`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106165: peer dm fails against gateways whose canonical Bot Chat is hidden (incomplete #91583 fix)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106578: hermes peer dm reaches a hidden Bot Chat that rotated through compression (#106165, salvage #106365)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/gateway/test_peer_dm_hidden_e2e.py`, `tests/test_hermes_state.py`
- **#106365: fix(cli): resolve hidden canonical Bot Chat under compression in peer dm lookup (#106165)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bca7cd0eb0`, `#106578`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106578 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.