# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode live-DM intent files not being cleaned up

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where live-delivery intent files storing DM plaintext are not removed after the owner settles. The work addresses sweeping and dropping these files correctly so they do not linger indefinitely.

## 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 #111432. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111432 (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-111432`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111261: fix(bot-mode): live-delivery intent files (<dm>.live.json, with the DM plaintext) are never removed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111432: fix(bot-mode): live-DM intent files with the message plaintext no longer linger forever (#111261, salvage #111263)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`
- **#111263: fix(bot-mode): live-delivery intents are swept, and dropped once the owner settled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111432`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111432 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
