# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile tombstones and Group/Bot Chat enumeration fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how deleted (tombstoned) profiles appear in Group Chat creation and cron Bot Chat target lists. The work involves ensuring tombstoned profiles are properly excluded from these enumeration contexts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113408. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113408 (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-113408`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99226: Profile tombstones break Group Chat creation and resurrect stale Bot Chat targets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113408: fix(profiles): deleted profiles stay out of cron Bot Chat targets after a stale re-mkdir (#99226, salvage #99656)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deleted_profile_tombstone.py`
- **#99381: fix(profiles): honor tombstones in Group Chat and cron enumeration**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#99656: fix(profiles): hide tombstones from Group Chat and cron targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1604be1a3774`, `#113408`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113408 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.