# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Mode WebSocket churn on roster tick fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused Bot Mode on Desktop to repeatedly dial and tear down WebSocket connections to every background profile approximately every 5 seconds on each roster poll. These members address identifying and fixing that excessive connection churn.

## 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 #108134. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108134 (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-108134`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #99336: \[Bug\]\[Desktop\]: Bot Mode poll dials and tears down a fresh WebSocket to every background profile every ~5s (regression of #93594's class at a new call site)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108134: Desktop: Bot Mode no longer spawns or dials a backend per profile on launch and every roster tick (#102978, #99336, #102913)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-ops.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-ops.ts`
- **#99367: fix(desktop): stop Bot Mode roster WebSocket churn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `52fb4e0877`, `#99336`, `#108134`
- **#108135: Desktop: Bot Mode no longer dials or spawns a backend per bot on every roster tick (#99336, #102913)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#108134`, `#102978`, `#99336`, `#102913`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108134 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-11`.