# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Chat relay DM returns receipt instead of reply

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116838. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116838 (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-116838`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115316: A 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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_bot_relay_methods.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_bot_relay.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#115318: fix(bot-relay): a relayed DM into a Bot Chat open in Desktop returns the target's answer, not a receipt (#115316)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116933`, `#115316`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116838 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.