# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot handle mentions broken in remote/union roster

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where bot handles registered to remote connections were missing from the composer autocomplete and mentions directed at them were not routed correctly. The fix targets union-roster bot handle visibility and mention routing in the desktop client.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #91081. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91081 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #89303: \[Bug\] Desktop v0.20.4: registered remote Bot handle is absent from composer autocomplete

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91081: fix(desktop): route bot mentions by focused profile**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/mention-completions.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/mention-handoff-quoting.test.mjs`
- **#89710: fix(desktop): Bot Mode @name-device mentions to remote connections are ignored**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `770f9a574`, `#89303`
- **#90936: fix(desktop): union-roster bot handles were absent from @ autocomplete and mentions didn't route (#89303)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91081`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91081 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`