# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Toolset changes not reaching canonical Bot Chat

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where toolset edits fail to propagate to the canonical Bot Chat instance, and broader work on preserving composer, tab, and Bot Chat state across resumes, profile switches, and connection changes.

## 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 #126182. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126182 (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-126182`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124211: \[Bug\]: Toolset changes can never reach a canonical Bot Chat (apply-at-creation × never-fork = permanent drift)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126182: Desktop composer, tabs and Bot Chat state survive resumes, profile/connection switches and toolset edits (#125336 #125678 #123805 #122190 #124211 #120106 #125394)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-tiles-connection-scope.test.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/agent/test_bot_chat_toolset_refresh.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_spawn_gateway_restart_reap.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_custom_provider_session_persistence.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_session_hidden_rpc.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/sessions.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`
- **#124307: fix(bot-chat): deliver toolset changes to the canonical Bot Chat**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126182`, `#124307`, `#124211`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126182 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.