# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram command-menu skill scan blocking event loop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a problem where skill scanning for the Telegram command menu blocks the event loop, with changes to move that work off the event loop in multiple related contexts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111498. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111498 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-111498`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #110707: Telegram gateway watchdog restart: command-menu skill scan blocks event loop after reconnect

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111498: fix(gateway): skill scans no longer block the event loop from slash fallthrough or the Telegram menu (#111091, #110707, salvage #110716 #111099)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_connect.py`, `tests/gateway/test_reload_skills_discord_resync.py`, `tests/gateway/test_skill_slash_offloop.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_forum_commands.py`
- **#110716: fix(telegram): build command menu off event loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `df5e373501a350dfaf508182f6f76108358b941a`, `#110707`, `#110716`, `#110894`
- **#110894: fix(telegram): run command-menu skill scan off the event loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#110716`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111498 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.