diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.ts b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.ts
index b4c622c95f..1697c10aaf 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-membership.ts
@@ -333,13 +333,7 @@ export function groupChatMemberBots(
   return [...local, ...remote]
 }
 
-/** A stored member descriptor, resolved against the live roster when its
- *  `name` is not a real slug (#92794). Exact key matches pass through
- *  untouched; only a descriptor whose key matches NO roster row is re-tried —
- *  by friendly name, then by recorded previous profile names (#110200) —
- *  against rows on the same connection. Unresolvable descriptors return as-is
- *  — they stay visible-but-degraded ghosts and must never be used as a
- *  `profile:` target. */
+/** Stored descriptor resolved against the live roster when its `name` is not a real slug (#92794). Exact matches pass through; unmatched keys re-try by friendly name, then previous profile names (#110200) — unresolvable ones return as-is, visible-but-degraded ghosts never used as a `profile:` target. */
 function resolveLegacyMemberDescriptor(descriptor: RosterRow, roster: RosterRow[]): RosterRow {
   const rows = roster || []
 
@@ -383,12 +377,7 @@ function resolveLegacyMemberDescriptor(descriptor: RosterRow, roster: RosterRow[
             .trim()
             .toLowerCase() === wanted
       ) ||
-      // … or a profile renamed after the descriptor was persisted
-      // ('niezale-ny' for 'niezalezny'): the CLI records previous_names in
-      // profile.yaml and the gateway surfaces them on profiles.list.
-      // Returning the live row re-seats the member under its new identity;
-      // the next persistence pass rewrites the stored descriptor, so the
-      // repair is self-healing.
+      // … or a profile renamed after the descriptor was persisted: previous_names in profile.yaml re-seats the member under its new identity, self-healing on next persist.
       (Array.isArray(bot?.previous_names) &&
         bot.previous_names.some(
           previous =>
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts
index b118113fc5..3ca2d28162 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts
@@ -94,13 +94,7 @@ export function parseGroupChatMentions(text: unknown, members: GroupMember[]) {
       }
     }
 
-    // Normalized slug/collapsed variants of the same live identity (the
-    // forms mentionNameForms derives: "bob.jones" -> "bob-jones",
-    // "bobjones" — including the dotted raw forms the hand-rolled collapse
-    // above never strips). Gap-filled only: an exact live name elsewhere in
-    // the roster always wins over another member's normalization variant,
-    // and every variant is claimed before previous-name aliases are
-    // considered, so an old handle can never squat on one (#110200).
+    // Normalized slug/collapsed variants of a live identity, gap-filled only — an exact live name elsewhere always wins, so an old handle can never squat (#110200).
     for (const raw of [member.name, handle, title, ...botFriendlyNames(member)]) {
       for (const form of mentionNameForms(raw)) {
         if (form && !handles.has(form)) {
@@ -110,12 +104,7 @@ export function parseGroupChatMentions(text: unknown, members: GroupMember[]) {
     }
   }
 
-  // Renamed members keep answering to their previous handles: a profile
-  // renamed after the room was created (or @-typed from muscle memory)
-  // still routes to the right member. Previous-name forms only fill gaps —
-  // the live loop above now claims every normalization variant of every
-  // live identity first, so a live name always wins over another member's
-  // history in ALL typed forms (#110200).
+  // Renamed members answer to previous handles, gap-fill only — every live identity's variants are claimed first, so a live name always wins (#110200).
   for (const member of members) {
     const key = groupMemberKey(member)
     const previous = Array.isArray(member.previous_names) ? member.previous_names : []