# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot roster duplication on remote-gateway desktops

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where bots appear as duplicate entries in the Bots pane on remote-gateway desktops, with rows multiplying on interaction. The work involves de-duplicating the multi-source roster to prevent this 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 #88523. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #88523 (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-88523`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #88344: \[Bug\]: Bots pane duplicates every bot on remote-gateway-only desktops; rows multiply on each interaction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88523: fix(bot-mode): de-dupe the Bots roster on remote-gateway desktops (salvages #88489 + #88341)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/active-now-strip.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-empty-recovery.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/multi-source-roster.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#88489: fix(desktop): stop duplicating active-gateway bots in the multi-source roster**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `185209242e`, `#88523`, `#88341`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #88523 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-17`.