# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack assistant status not cleared on clarify prompts

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102704: \[Bug\]: Slack multi-choice clarify prompt is posted without any status clear, so the turn hangs
- PR #102706: fix(gateway): clear the assistant status when a clarify prompt is posted

A bug where the sticky assistant status is not cleared when interactive clarify or approval prompts are posted in Slack, causing the turn to hang. The related fixes address clearing that status in the Slack and gateway layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #102704: \[Bug\]: Slack multi-choice clarify prompt is posted without any status clear, so the turn hangs

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102706: fix(gateway): clear the assistant status when a clarify prompt is posted**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92201`, `#92202`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_clarify_status_cleared.py`
- **#103351: fix(slack): clear sticky assistant status when posting interactive clarify/approval prompts (#102704)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#102704`, `#102706`, `#92204`

## Fix status

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