# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode long DM reply truncation and notification fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a teammate's reply exceeding 2000 characters is silently cut off when delivered to the sender in bot mode, with the completion notification not accurately reflecting the truncation. The cluster tracks the problem report and multiple fix/salvage attempts addressing delivery and notification sizing.

## 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 #116890. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116890 (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-116890`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115334: A teammate's reply longer than 2000 characters reaches the sender as a silent tail — the DM completion notification is sized like a build log, not like a message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116890: fix(bot-mode): a teammate's DM reply reaches the sender whole and a cut completion says so (#115334, salvage #115336)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_notify_on_complete.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#116969: fix(bot-mode): a teammate's reply reaches the sender whole, and a cut completion says so (#115334, salvage #115336)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_notify_on_complete.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`, `tools/process_registry_notifications.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`, `tools/terminal_tool_background.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#115336: fix(bot-mode): a teammate's reply reaches the sender whole, and a cut completion says so (#115334)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116969`, `#115336`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116890 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.