# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix terminal EOS sentinel dropping MEDIA attachments

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where a trailing end-of-sequence sentinel in the gateway causes valid MEDIA attachment directives to be incorrectly dropped. The work involves identifying the problem and applying fixes to handle terminal EOS tokens appearing after media tags.

## 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 #111348. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111348 (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-111348`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111046: \[Bug\]: Trailing EOS sentinel causes valid MEDIA attachment directive to be dropped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111348: fix(gateway): a leaked terminal <|eos|> sentinel no longer hides the MEDIA attachment (#111046, salvage #111057 #111108)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server_media_data_urls.py`, `tests/gateway/test_media_terminal_sentinel.py`
- **#111057: fix(gateway): handle terminal EOS after media tags**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111348`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111348 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.