# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Buzz adapter DM and dispatch bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address multiple bugs in the Buzz adapter, including incorrect DM classification logic, forum channel dispatch issues, and cases where agent replies or bare names fail to trigger correctly. The fixes revise how DMs are identified and how various message types are routed or recognized.

## 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 #99431. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99431 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #77987: Buzz adapter: DM discriminator assumes structural p-tags, but Buzz Desktop only p-tags typed mentions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99431: fix(buzz): forum channels dispatch, /approve replies wake the agent, and bare names don't (salvages #90314 #75953 #92781 #89751 #82646 #83414)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/buzz/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_forum_kinds.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_mention_resolution.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_target_parse.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#78041: fix(buzz): classify DMs from relay metadata, not p-tag shape**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fc0a10a924ce`, `#99431`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99431 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`