# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix bot-relay outbox ordering by age

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where cross-machine direct messages to a single agent arrive out of order because the outbox is claimed by UUID rather than by age. The fix changes outbox claiming to prioritize oldest entries first.

## 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 #113092. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113092 (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-113092`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112694: Cross-machine DMs to one agent are delivered in random order — the outbox is claimed by uuid, not by age

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113092: fix(bot-relay): cross-machine DMs to one agent arrive in the order they were sent (#112694, salvage #112695)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_relay.py`, `tools/bot_relay.py`
- **#112695: fix(bot-relay): claim the outbox oldest first so two DMs to one agent keep their order**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `135bf07a75`, `#112694`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113092 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.