# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling state reporting inaccuracies

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address incorrect connectivity status being published during Telegram polling — specifically, 'connected' being reported prematurely or when polling is unconfirmed, degraded, or not actually running. Changes aim to publish more accurate states such as 'retrying' or 'degraded' in those conditions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #101664. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101664 (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-101664`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #101391: Telegram: gateway_state.json reports state=connected for hours while the adapter is not polling — 'connected' is written on connect attempt, not on sustained getUpdates

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101664: fix(telegram): publish retrying, not connected, while polling is unconfirmed or dead (salvage #101406)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_reconnect.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_send_path_health.py`
- **#101406: fix(telegram): do not publish connected for a degraded, unconfirmed polling path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101664`
- **#101473: fix(telegram): publish 'degraded' when polling did not start, not 'connected'**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101406`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101664 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.