NousResearch/hermes-agent

Bot Chat relay DM returns receipt instead of reply

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116838 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address a bug where a DM relayed into a Bot Chat open in Desktop returns a receipt to the sender rather than the target's actual reply. The relay logic does not wait on the owner's receipt the same way local DMs do, causing incorrect response routing.

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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

  • #116933 fix(bot-relay): a relayed DM into a Bot Chat open in Desktop returns the target's reply, not a receipt (#115316, salvage #115318)

    merged to main

    files: tests/tui_gateway/test_bot_relay_methods.py, tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #115318 fix(bot-relay): a relayed DM into a Bot Chat open in Desktop returns the target's answer, not a receipt (#115316) · merged via another change → #116933, #115316
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#115316A cross-machine DM into a Bot Chat open in Desktop returns a receipt sentence to the sender, never the target's reply — the relay does not wait on the owner's receipt the way local DMs do
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20 Sep 2026

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