# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot identity and chat window across gateway types

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how bot display names, avatars, and chat windows behave when switching between local and remote gateways on the desktop. The work involves preserving bot identity and ensuring remote bots open their own chat context without disrupting the existing desktop layout.

## 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 #92731. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92731 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91365: bug(bot-mode): bot display name + avatar don't carry across local↔remote gateway — remote rows show default instead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92731: feat(desktop): remote bots open their own Bot Chat without re-homing Desktop (salvage #90006)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/connection-registry.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-delete-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/profile-delete-routing.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/client.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/profiles.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/sessions.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/transcript-backfill.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-route-resume.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-route-resume.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-session-actions/utils.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/global.d.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/hermes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/session-link-title.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/activity-toasts.test.mjs` (+32 more)
- **#91421: fix(desktop): preserve bot identity across gateways**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92731`, `#92708`, `#92836`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92731 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`