# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot relay refusal reasons missing typed data

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where relay delivery refusals (such as target_busy and delivery_timeout) lose their typed reason field in transit, arriving at the sender as 'unknown'. The work focuses on ensuring the reason is correctly carried through the refusal delivery path.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114955. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114955 (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-114955`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #113532: Relay delivery refusals ship no data.reason, so target_busy and delivery_timeout reach the sender as 'unknown'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114955: fix(bot-relay): target_busy and delivery_timeout relay refusals reach the sender with their typed reason (#113532, salvage #113534)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_bot_turn_lock.py`, `tools/bot_failure_reasons.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py`
- **#113534: fix(bot-relay): every deliver refusal carries its typed reason, not just a JSON-RPC code**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2d773ff0912b`, `#114955`, `#113532`, `#113534`
- **#113602: fix(bot-relay): carry typed reasons through delivery refusals**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113534`, `#113532`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114955 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.