# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode ghost-dialing fix for shared remote profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a Desktop bug where Bot Mode group members stop dialing or go silent when named profiles reuse a primary WebSocket connection on shared or remote backends. The work focuses on preserving profile scope and ensuring member session creation in that configuration.

## 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 #99377. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99377 (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-99377`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96493: \[Bug\]: Bot Mode group rooms silent when Desktop is remote (Windows → Tailscale gateway) — no member session.create

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98169: fix(desktop): keep profile scope when reusing primary remote backend**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/registry-primary-profile-scope.test.ts`
- **#99377: fix(desktop): Bot Mode group members stop ghost-dialing — named profiles reuse the primary WS on shared remotes (#96493, salvage #96537)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway-profile-request.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/gateway.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`
- **#96537: fix(desktop): reuse primary WS for named profiles on attached shared remote (#96493)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `89c28ccf7b`, `#99377`, `#98169`, `#96493`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99377 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.