# NousResearch/hermes-agent · BlueBubbles reply_to_mode setting not honored

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123924: BlueBubbles: reply_to_mode is ignored; every bubble is sent as an inline reply (selectedMessageGuid) even with reply_to_mode: off
- PR #123925: fix(bluebubbles): honor reply_to_mode for inline replies

Reports and fixes related to the reply_to_mode configuration option being ignored in BlueBubbles, causing messages to always send as inline replies regardless of the setting.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #123924: BlueBubbles: reply_to_mode is ignored; every bubble is sent as an inline reply (selectedMessageGuid) even with reply_to_mode: off

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123925: fix(bluebubbles): honor reply_to_mode for inline replies**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126926`, `#129679`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/bluebubbles.py`, `tests/gateway/test_bluebubbles.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/bluebubbles.md`
- **#124569: fix(bluebubbles): keep private transport across reply modes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `278611824acc7bc91700f7c5577d11893202b0d2`, `802ae8544b59f62c97468ed31b55f417ba12e9f2`, `#122960`, `#123925`, `#121482`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`