# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot mode message_agent CLI path and ack fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address failures in bot mode where the hermes CLI is not found on PATH in certain environments (e.g. Docker), and clarify that message_agent acknowledgment represents a dispatch hand-off rather than a confirmed delivery receipt.

## 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 #114941. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114941 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111560: \[Bug\] message_agent delivery fails with FileNotFoundError when hermes CLI is not on PATH (Docker /opt/hermes layout)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114941: fix(bot-mode): message_agent ack is a dispatch hand-off, not a delivery receipt (#114628, supersedes #111562)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_relay.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#111562: fix: resolve Bot Mode DM CLI outside PATH**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `250bdcc31152`, `#114941`, `#114628`, `#111562`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114941 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.