# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode profile rename sync and wire contract fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where renamed profiles and handles were not properly synced or linked in existing group chats in bot mode, and fix a contract violation in the profiles.list previous_names field.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #118688. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118688 (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-116977`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #110200: fix(bot-mode): sync renamed profile names and handles in existing group chats

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116977: fix(bot-mode): renamed profiles stay linked in existing group chats and old @handles still resolve (#110200, salvage #110277)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/data.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`
- **#118688: fix: profiles.list no longer violates its wire contract (previous_names) (#117696, salvage #117700)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `tests/tui_gateway/contracts/test_profile_rename_history.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/profiles_vault_complete_foreign_subagents.py`
- **#110277: fix(bot-mode): sync renamed profile names and handles in existing group chats**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116977`, `#110277`, `#118688`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118688 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.