# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling error visibility and recovery logging

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #111221: fix(telegram): distinguish polling outages from quiet periods

These items address Telegram transport failures that log empty error text and produce no recovery event, making outages indistinguishable from normal silence. The work focuses on naming empty-string errors and emitting warnings when polling recovers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111402. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111402 (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-111402`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111211: Telegram transport failures log empty error text and no recovery event; outages are indistinguishable from silence

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111402: fix(telegram): transport failure lines name the error and polling logs its recovery (#111211, salvage #111221 #111222)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/telegram_network.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_network.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_health_confirmation.py`
- **#111221: fix(telegram): distinguish polling outages from quiet periods**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#111211`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/telegram_network.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_network.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_health_confirmation.py`
- **#111222: fix(telegram): name empty-string transport errors and warn on polling recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#111221`, `#111211`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111402 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`