# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cross-channel mirror session gaps and silent failures

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #33530: send_message cross-channel amnesia: agent has no context of outbound messages when recipient replies
- #54273: Observability gap: tools/send_message silently drops mirror-to-session, leaving operators and tool callers blind
- PR #33690: fix(gateway): create mirror sessions for cross-channel targets when none exist (#33530)
- PR #54272: tools/send_message: surface silent mirror-skip to caller + warn-log

These items address cases where cross-channel message mirroring silently skips or fails without surfacing errors to callers, operators, or logs. Concerns span missing mirror sessions, undetected transcript write failures, and resulting context loss when recipients reply.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109129. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109129 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-109129`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.20`: 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

- #33530: send_message cross-channel amnesia: agent has no context of outbound messages when recipient replies
- #54273: Observability gap: tools/send_message silently drops mirror-to-session, leaving operators and tool callers blind

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #10130: gateway mirror_to_session returns success even when both transcript writes fail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109129: mirror_to_session no longer reports success when the transcript write fails (#10130)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/mirror.py`, `tests/gateway/test_mirror.py`
- **#10323: fix(mirror): report transcript write failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `eca2cea5c6`, `#109129`, `#10130`
- **#33690: fix(gateway): create mirror sessions for cross-channel targets when none exist (#33530)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `747386ecf`, `#33576`
  - files: `gateway/mirror.py`, `tests/gateway/test_mirror.py`
- **#54272: tools/send_message: surface silent mirror-skip to caller + warn-log**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/mirror.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#99207: fix(send_message): record outbound message in source session when target channel session not found**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#33530`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109129 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `agent`