# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Heartbeat routing ownership across session types

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where heartbeat or /loop commands sent from a messaging platform chat are intercepted or hijacked by a Desktop session poller, causing replies to reach the wrong destination. The cluster covers the bug report and related fix attempts addressing reply routing ownership.

## 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 #112263. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112263 (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-112263`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111841: \[Bug\] /heartbeat registered on a messaging platform gets hijacked by the Desktop session-owner poller — reply never reaches the originating chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112263: fix(tui): heartbeat and /loop set from a messaging chat keep replying there while the session is open in Desktop (#111841, salvage #111846)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_state_gateway.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_heartbeat_tui_tick.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_loop_command.py`, `tui_gateway/session_notifications.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/heartbeat.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/loops.md`
- **#111846: fix(gateway): preserve routed heartbeat ownership**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `490ee1607a`, `#112263`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112263 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.