# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Show specific failure reasons for group-chat members

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address group-chat member failures being displayed generically as 'hit an error' regardless of cause. The work surfaces typed failure reasons (e.g. slot timeouts), harvests abandoned turns, and extends operation past 20-minute limits.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116943. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116943 (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-116860`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116458: ux(desktop): group-chat member failures always render as "<Bot> hit an error" — slot-timeout cause is captured but never shown, indistinguishable from a bot crash

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116860: fix(desktop): a group-chat member failure shows its typed reason, not just "hit an error" (#116458, salvage #116468)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`
- **#116943: fix(desktop): group member turns are harvested when abandoned, keep working past 20 min, and name why they failed (#115431, #100274, #116458, salvage #115437 #116468 #116598)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-members.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-turns.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-turns.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116943 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.