# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot mode: misclassified pending approval as delivery failure

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where \`message_agent\` incorrectly reports a pending command approval as a delivery failure (\`'no process id returned'\`), causing users to resend messages and duplicate relay envelopes. The fix corrects the status reporting to accurately reflect the queued/pending state.

## 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 #112291. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112291 (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-112291`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111716: \[Bug\]: \`message_agent\` reports "no process id returned" for a DM that was delivered — a pending command approval is classified as a failed delivery, and a resend duplicates the relay envelope

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112291: fix(bot-mode): message_agent reports a pending command approval as what it is — nothing sent locally, queued on the relay — instead of 'no process id returned' (#111716, salvage #92971)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`
- **#92971: fix(bot-mode): a pending command approval is not a failed delivery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112291`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112291 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.