# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop bot chat message delivery after model switch

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues where open bot chat panes stop receiving or displaying new messages following a model switch or runtime rebuild. The work focuses on re-binding panes to the new runtime and ensuring messages append correctly without requiring a remount.

## 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 #95600. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95600 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93942: \[Bug\]: Open Bot Chat stops receiving messages — no on-screen append/re-key path (background delivery AND mid-conversation model switch)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95600: fix(desktop): open Bot Chats converge to new messages without a remount (#93604 + stale-transcript family)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-background-sync.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/wiring.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event/session-info.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/remote-routing-races.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-routing.test.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/desktop/test_bots_chat_live_append.py`, `tests/desktop/test_bots_chat_stream_rekey.py`
- **#94417: fix(desktop): re-bind open pane to rebuilt runtime after model switch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f4e8eb156876a27687a9bc7db0e1b6343a9c35c0`, `#95600`, `#94255`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95600 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.