# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot relay reply messages collapsing incorrectly on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a desktop UI issue where assistant or teammate messages that follow a bot relay are incorrectly collapsed, hiding their content. The work involves keeping those replies visibly expanded.

## 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 #114996. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114996 (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-114996`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114629: Desktop: the assistant message following an inbound bot relay is collapsed as "Replied to <bot>", hiding the substantive answer of the turn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114996: fix(desktop): Bot Chat report after a teammate answers this bot's dispatch stays expanded (#114629)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/agent-delivery.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/inter-agent-collapse.test.tsx`
- **#114633: fix(desktop): keep bot relay replies expanded**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#114996`, `#114629`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114996 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.