# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode inactive profile startup and gateway fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address Desktop Bot Mode incorrectly starting inactive local profile backends on load or reconnect, and related secondary gateway behavior around live socket publishing and survival through prune or mode-switch events.

## 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 #95082. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95082 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94872: Desktop Bot Mode reconciliation starts every inactive local profile backend on load/reconnect

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95082: fix(desktop): secondary gateways publish only live sockets and survive prune/mode-switch (multi-gateway class 3, tracker #94724)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/session-tile.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/contrib/hooks/use-session-tile-delegate.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-catalog-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/shell/model-menu-panel.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/model-options.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/hide-bot-chats.runtime.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/hide-bot-chats.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/sdk/profile-routing.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-lifecycle.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-connection-scope.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-secondary-open-check.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-shared-remote.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/session-states-scopes.test.ts` (+6 more)
- **#94915: fix(desktop): stop Bot Mode reconnects from starting inactive profiles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b52b05c1d`, `#95082`, `#94724`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95082 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.