# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode default profile home path resolution fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where bot-mode DMs to the default profile were being looked up as \`profiles/default/\` instead of the root home directory has been addressed. Fixes were applied to the roster entry and \`message_agent\` name-resolution logic to keep the default profile pointing at the root home and remain dispatchable.

## 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 #113410. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113410 (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-113410`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108564: \[Bug\]: bot-mode DM to the default profile resolves into profiles/default/, not the root home

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113410: fix(bot-mode): message_agent resolves friendly names, keeps default on the root home, stays dispatchable (#100671, #108564, #96105, salvage #108580, #96109)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/bot-chat-message-agent-friendly-name.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/group-prompt-renamed-primary-handle.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts`, `tests-js/scripts/mock-server.ts`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#108580: fix(tools): keep the default profile roster entry pointing at the root home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `58c6f6fa201c`, `#113410`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113410 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.