# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot-to-bot mention handoff query file fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where bot-to-bot @mention handoffs silently drop messages due to use of an unsafe -q flag instead of --query-file. The fixes replace the unsafe flag with --query-file in the relevant middleware and bot-mode code.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91105: Bot-to-bot @mention messages silently drop after v0.20.4 update (composer middleware still uses unsafe -q instead of --query-file)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91304: fix(desktop): use --query-file for bot-to-bot @mention handoff instead of unsafe -q**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91166`, `#89316`
- **#91339: fix(bot-mode): send @mention handoffs via query files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91802`, `#91915`, `#91105`, `#91304`, `#91339`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`