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Bot mode custom handle and name resolution fixes

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2 open items. Fix merged in #113410 on 17 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items add support for custom @handles on the default bot profile and fix how renamed or aliased bots are addressed in group prompts, delivery notices, and message dispatch. Work spans both bot-mode logic and desktop support.

Open issues1

  • Issue#89720feat(bot-mode): allow a custom @handle for the default profile

Open PRs1

  • PR#90328fix(desktop): support custom handles for the default bot

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  • #113410 fix(bot-mode): message_agent resolves friendly names, keeps default on the root home, stays dispatchable (#100671, #108564, #96105, salvage #108580, #96109)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/e2e/bot-chat-message-agent-friendly-name.spec.ts, apps/desktop/e2e/group-prompt-renamed-primary-handle.spec.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts, tests-js/scripts/mock-server.ts, tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py, tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py, tools/bot_mode_dm.py, tools/bot_mode_probe.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #113396 fix(bot-mode): a renamed primary bot is addressed by its own @tag in group prompts, delivery notices and message_agent (#89720, supersedes #90328) · superseded by another PR → 58c6f6f, #113410
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17 Sep 2026

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