# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord bot handoff mention propagation across chunks

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where long bot-to-bot message handoffs in Discord can drop continuation chunks that lack a leading mention, along with attempted fixes to ensure mentions are propagated correctly across all chunks.

## 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 #114356. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114356 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #27265: Discord long bot-to-bot handoffs can drop unmentioned continuation chunks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114356: fix(discord): bot handoffs need a typed mention by default and arrive whole across chunks (salvage #106874, #27265)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_bot_filter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_bot_inline_mentions.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_free_response.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/discord.md`
- **#27517: fix(gateway/discord): propagate leading mention onto continuation chunks (#27265)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f708640561f`, `b675e6dee7c`, `#27265`, `#114356`, `#106874`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114356 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`