# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot relay delivery cut off by 30s timeout

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a desktop relay issue where bot_relay.deliver calls are terminated by a generic 30-second request deadline. The work involves allowing those deliveries to outlive that timeout.

## 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 #98234. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #98234 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93911: Desktop relay abandons bot_relay.deliver after generic 30s timeout

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98234: fix(desktop): remote bot replies no longer die at the 30s relay deadline (#93911, salvage #93965)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay-deliver-budget.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/relay.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-routing.test.ts`
- **#93965: fix(desktop): let bot_relay.deliver outlive the generic 30s request deadline**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98234`, `#93964`, `#92931`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #98234 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-30`.