# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix email/WhatsApp adapter send contract gaps

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address specific deviations in email and WhatsApp adapters from the base send contract, including a missing metadata keyword argument in image-sending methods and reply_to targets being dropped when attachments are present.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109171. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109171 (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-109171`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #10131: EmailAdapter overrides drift from base send contract (metadata crash, reply_to dropped for attachments)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109171: Email attachments thread on the caller's reply_to (#10131)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`
- **#10321: fix(email): honor adapter send contract reply targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `b146cf1d0e`, `#109171`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109171 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`