# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Translated silence sentinel delivered as content bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where non-English translations of the intentional-silence sentinel token (e.g. \[静默\]) are incorrectly passed through as content rather than suppressed. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111455. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111455 (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-111455`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #110935: \[Bug\]: intentional-silence sentinel is English-only — a lane that translates \[SILENT\] (e.g. \[静默\]) has the control token delivered as content

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111455: fix(gateway): a translated silence sentinel (\[静默\]) is no longer delivered as content; cron prompt pins the ASCII token (#110935, salvage #110940)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cron/scheduler_prompt.py`, `gateway/response_filters.py`, `tests/gateway/test_response_filters.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#110940: fix(gateway): a translated intentional-silence sentinel is still silence**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `623eb48f2f`, `71d229f5cd`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111455 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`