# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram legacy emphasis nesting and multiline fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #106891: Telegram legacy formatting corrupts valid nested and multiline emphasis
- PR #106898: fix(telegram): resolve nested and multiline asterisk emphasis together
- PR #106906: fix(telegram): preserve nested and multiline legacy emphasis

These issues and pull requests address a bug where Telegram's legacy Markdown formatting corrupts valid nested and multiline emphasis. The work focuses on preserving correct asterisk-based emphasis handling in legacy MarkdownV2 mode.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106891: Telegram legacy formatting corrupts valid nested and multiline emphasis

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106894: fix(telegram): keep nested and multiline emphasis in legacy MarkdownV2**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#106891`, `#106906`, `#106898`, `#106891`
- **#106898: fix(telegram): resolve nested and multiline asterisk emphasis together**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#106894`, `#106891`, `#106894`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_format.py`
- **#106906: fix(telegram): preserve nested and multiline legacy emphasis**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#106891`, `#106894`, `#106898`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/emphasis.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/conformance/vectors/discord.json`, `tests/conformance/vectors/slack.json`, `tests/conformance/vectors/telegram.json`, `tests/conformance/vectors/whatsapp.json`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_emphasis.py`

## Fix status

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