Bot Chat desktop session handling and peer run fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 115174

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116838. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and pull requests address bugs where peer runs or DMs encountering an open Bot Chat in Desktop were handled incorrectly, including wrong writer assignment, incorrect turn routing, and misleading timeout error messages.

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  • #116838 fix(bot-mode): a DM or peer run into a Bot Chat open in Desktop is answered by that chat, on every transport (#114959, #115174, #115316, salvage #114962 #115175 #115318)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/platforms/api_server.py, gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py, tests/gateway/test_peer_dm_into_open_bot_chat.py, tools/bot_live_delivery.py, tools/bot_mode_dm.py, tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py

  • #116885 fix(peer): a timed-out peer DM says the turn was accepted and is still running, not that the peer is unreachable (#113099, salvage #113102)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/subcommands/peer.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_peer_dm_reporting.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

  • #116926 fix(api-server): peer dm and peer run into a Bot Chat open in Desktop are answered by that chat, not a second writer (#114959, #115174, salvage #114962 #115175)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/platforms/api_server.py, gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py, hermes_cli/subcommands/peer.py, tests/gateway/test_peer_dm_into_open_bot_chat.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #115175 fix(api-server): a peer run into a Bot Chat open in Desktop is that chat's turn, and its receipt drives the run (#115174) · merged via another change → #116926, #116885, #115174
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#115174[Bug]: `hermes peer run` into a Bot Chat that Desktop holds live runs as a second writer — the /v1/runs sibling of #114959
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#116838, #116885, #116926
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1 PR closed without merging
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20 Sep 2026

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