# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot relay delivery starvation and TTL expiry fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the desktop bot relay delivered one envelope at a time caused long turns on one bot to expire or starve other gateways' DMs past their TTL. The associated fixes change the relay to claim outbox items and deliver per target instead.

## 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 #112202. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112202 (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-112202`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111587: \[Bug\]: Desktop bot relay delivers one envelope at a time — a long turn on one bot ages every other gateway's DM past the TTL (queued_expired) or its waiter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112202: fix(desktop): bot relay delivers per target — one long turn no longer expires other gateways' DMs (#111587, salvage #111588)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#111588: fix(desktop): the bot relay claims every outbox first and delivers per target, not one envelope at a time**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112202`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112202 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.