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Plugin slash commands missing session context in gateway

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118845 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Plugin slash command handlers in the gateway run without a bound session context, causing session environment lookups to return empty. Related discussion touches on where and when plugin hooks fire across different surfaces.

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  • #118845 Plugin hooks fire on every surface: gateway slash commands bound + off-loop, transform hooks cover inline runtime tools, background processes and the persisted reply (#108698 #105279 #72836 #70760 #44239)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py, agent/inline_tool_executors.py, agent/tool_executor.py, agent/turn_final_response.py, agent/turn_finalizer.py, gateway/run.py, gateway/run_inbound.py, gateway/run_notifications.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_transform_llm_output_persistence.py, tests/gateway/test_session_env.py, tests/gateway/test_unknown_command.py, tests/tools/test_process_registry.py, tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py, tools/process_registry.py, tui_gateway/methods_tools.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #108703 fix(gateway): bind session context for plugin slash command handlers · merged via another change → 35fdb46, #118845
  • #108704 fix(gateway): bind session context for plugin slash commands · done elsewhere → 35fdb46, #118845
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#108698Plugin slash commands run without session context (get_session_env('HERMES_SESSION_KEY') empty in command handlers)
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22 Sep 2026

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