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Face-to-face: a human message that does not @ the Bot still starts a Chief model turn #167
Description
From box UI testing on main after #163.
In an open face-to-face room, the owner sent a plain line (not @-mentioning any Bot). Chief still started a model turn and produced a reply that became a second held outgoing message.
Expected: a human room line does not open a Bot turn unless the Bot is @-mentioned (or there is an explicit “ask the Bot” action).
Related to the social UI polish umbrella; this one is a behavior bug, not just copy.
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Birfy commentedon Oct 18, 2026
Superseded by #287 (PR #288): the user wants Bots to answer without an @ in face-to-face rooms. The rule is now one local Bot (admin, else the first) answers the owner's plain line; @name / label / handle picks a Bot; @ALL is everyone; a friend's line only calls my Bot by label or handle. The original complaint (a Bot's reply becoming an unexpected held message) is unchanged: replies still go through approval / Auto-send.
feat(face-rooms): Bots answer a plain line without @; cross-home @ la…