# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop bot relay keeps unintended local backend alive

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #128534: fix(desktop): passive bot-relay reads stop the self-sustaining local backend (#108088)

A bug where bot mode relay on remote-primary Desktop unintentionally sustains a local backend, causing WebSocket churn and focus loss, along with two related fixes targeting passive relay reads and non-primary local bot relay routing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108111. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108111 (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-108111`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108088: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Bot Mode relay keeps an unwanted local backend alive forever on a remote-primary Desktop (30s WebSocket churn, composer/dictation focus loss)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108111: fix(desktop): skip non-primary local bot relay route**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/plugin-profile-routes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/plugin-profile-routes.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`
- **#128534: fix(desktop): passive bot-relay reads stop the self-sustaining local backend (#108088)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#108088`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-spawn-priority.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108111 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`