# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot mode chat display and interaction bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address several related bugs in bot mode on desktop: incorrect chat replacement by group workspaces, bot chat visibility after group chat, and unintended message sending when selecting a bot.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95648. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95648 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89834: \[Bug\]: Bot Mode — clicking a bot after a group chat does not show the bot's chat

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95326: fix(desktop): clicking a bot no longer sends 'Hey, tell me about yourself!' as the user**. 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/canonical-chat-creation.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-registry.test.mjs`
- **#95648: fix(desktop): Close All stays closed and group tiles stop occluding bot chats (#94137, #89834)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/group-to-local-bot-handoff.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-actions-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/pane-shell/tree/renderer/tree-group.tsx`, `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/bots-home.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-creation.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/canonical-chat-registry.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/group-to-local-bot-handoff.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states.ts`
- **#91227: fix(bot-mode): local bot chat replaces an open group workspace**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `778feee37aae6e0b95c11d39dc58798ba9c2ac09`, `#95648`, `#95326`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95648 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`