NousResearch/hermes-agent

Slack handoff session key lost on gateway restart

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #112222 on 16 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where Slack DM or thread handoffs are assigned a different session key after a gateway restart, orphaning the original session and losing context. The members cover the issue report and related fix attempts targeting this behavior.

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  • #112222 fix(gateway): Slack /handoff threads keep their session across gateway restarts (#111896, supersedes #111899)

    merged to main

    files: gateway/run_startup.py, plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py, tests/gateway/test_handoff_thread_session_key.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #111899 fix(gateway): preserve Slack DM handoff session keys · merged via another change → 9a41a8b, #112222
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#111896Slack: same thread rebinds to a different session key after gateway restart (dm vs thread layout), orphaning the handoff-ed session and losing context
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#112222
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16 Sep 2026

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