# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway retry noise and chat reply interference fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #101138: Telegram status-noise filter misses the current retry format, and the final-response path never consults it at all
- PR #101157: fix(gateway): stop retry diagnostics from replacing chat replies

These items address a filter that misses certain retry message formats and a code path where retry diagnostics can appear in place of or alongside actual chat responses. Related work also covers liveness probing on idle connections.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #101138: Telegram status-noise filter misses the current retry format, and the final-response path never consults it at all

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101157: fix(gateway): stop retry diagnostics from replacing chat replies**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_noise_filter.py`
- **#101158: fix(gateway): cover counter retry format and noise-filter the final response**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101157`, `#101138`
- **#101258: fix(buzz): probe liveness on read idle before reconnecting; fix(gateway): stop empty-response retry noise on chats (#101160, #101138)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#98097`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`