# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot creation preflight and profile ownership fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address issues with the new bot flow incorrectly handling profile ownership and starting conversations before confirming provider readiness. Fixes span both desktop routing behavior and API server run ownership assignment.

## 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 #122066. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122066 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-122066`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #94071: \[Bug\]: Remote New Bot flow forces default clone and starts first turn without provider readiness

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101256: fix(api_server): runs are owned by the requesting profile; handoff/readiness answer for the routed profile (#93689 #90415, salvage #93747 #100054 #94147)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_runs.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_session.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/api-server.md`
- **#122066: fix(desktop): preflight provider before new bot intro**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/create-agent-lazy-profile.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/create-dialog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/i18n.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/roster-pane-dialogs.tsx`
- **#94147: fix(desktop): remote New Bot keeps profile origin, routes to owner, preflights provider before first turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `16370ae5394`, `#101256`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122066 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.