# NousResearch/hermes-agent · gateway main session polluted by _delegate_from marker

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #109073: \[Bug\]: Main gateway session polluted with \`_delegate_from\` marker — active Telegram DM permanently invisible from every session list while gateway keeps routing it
- PR #118547: fix(state): strip _delegate_from from gateway main sessions (#109073, salvage #109081)

A bug where \`_delegate_from\` is incorrectly present on gateway main sessions, causing active Telegram DMs to disappear from session lists. Two fix attempts address stripping this marker from affected sessions.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109073: \[Bug\]: Main gateway session polluted with \`_delegate_from\` marker — active Telegram DM permanently invisible from every session list while gateway keeps routing it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109081: fix(state): strip _delegate_from from gateway main sessions (#109073)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#118547: fix(state): strip _delegate_from from gateway main sessions (#109073, salvage #109081)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#109081`, `#57498`
  - files: `hermes_state_schema.py`, `hermes_state_sessions.py`, `tests/hermes_state/test_gateway_delegate_marker_strip.py`

## Fix status

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