# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify prompt delivery and timeout handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address bugs in how clarify prompts are delivered, timed out, and retried on messaging platforms, particularly around multi-question flows, unrenderable cards, and delivery uncertainty on Telegram.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113825. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113825 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112684: \[Bug\]: Telegram clarify prompt is not delivered before the tool timeout

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113202: fix(gateway): a multi-question clarify on messaging platforms stops at the first unanswered question instead of waiting one timeout per question (#112684, salvage #112725)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clarify_card_retire_on_timeout.py`, `tools/clarify_tool.py`, `website/docs/reference/tools-reference.md`
- **#113825: fix(gateway): a clarify card that cannot render is re-asked as plain text and never reported as user inactivity (closes remaining atoms of #112684)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner_clarify_delivery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clarify_delivery_fallback.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clarify_send_timeout_ambiguity.py`, `tests/gateway/test_prompt_decline_no_fallback.py`, `website/docs/reference/tools-reference.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md`
- **#112701: fix(gateway): surface clarify delivery-uncertainty instead of waiting out the timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `9790d730c0de`, `b3aef45987d9`, `#112684`, `#113825`, `#113202`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113825 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.