# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-mode DM delivery and messaging reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern bugs in bot mode where direct messages—particularly late or post-timeout replies—fail to reach the sender, and related issues with bot-to-bot messaging, Bot Chat session handling, and lease handoff behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #128992. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #128992 (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-128992`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123034: message_agent: a reply settled after the 300 s live wait never reaches the sender

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128992: fix(bot-mode): make bot-to-bot messaging, Bot Chat opens, and lease handoff actually work**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/open-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/open-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/bot-row-opens-canonical-chat.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/canonical-chat-expect-history.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/canonical-chat-stale-tiles.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/canonical-chat.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/cold-bot-switch-pending.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/recent-session.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/recent-session.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/roster-actions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/cli_shutdown.py`, `hermes_state_messages.py` (+17 more)
- **#123684: fix(bot-mode): deliver late live DM replies to the sender**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#128992`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #128992 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-30`.