# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Email subject customization and task-context fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102884: \[Bug\]: Email adapter — SMTP-only (no-IMAP) profiles can never set a custom subject, always falls back to "Re: Hermes Agent"
- PR #103311: feat(email): task-context subjects for outbound mail
- PR #103442: feat(email): honor explicit subject on send_message email sends (fixes #102884)

These items address the inability to set custom email subjects in SMTP-only profiles and add task-context-aware subject generation for outbound mail. The work spans a bug report, feature additions, and a fix targeting the same subject-override limitation.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #102884: \[Bug\]: Email adapter — SMTP-only (no-IMAP) profiles can never set a custom subject, always falls back to "Re: Hermes Agent"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102889: fix(email): allow custom Subject via send_message metadata (SMTP-only profiles) (#102884)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#103311: feat(email): task-context subjects for outbound mail**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103311`, `#104625`, `#103311`, `#104625`, `#103311`, `#104625`, `#103311`, `#104625`
  - files: `cron/scheduler_delivery.py`, `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`, `tools/send_message_senders.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#103442: feat(email): honor explicit subject on send_message email sends (fixes #102884)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102889`, `#102884`, `#58564`, `#101821`, `#103311`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_plugin_extensibility.py`, `tools/send_message_senders.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

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