# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix busy/drain follow-up queued status reporting

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #113233: \[Bug\]: Busy/drain follow-up reports 'queued' even when the message was silently dropped
- PR #113236: fix(gateway): only claim busy follow-ups queued when the enqueue succeeds
- PR #113441: fix(gateway): report busy/drain follow-up as queued only when actually stored

A bug where busy or drain follow-up messages incorrectly report 'queued' even when silently dropped, along with fixes to ensure the queued status is only reported when the message is actually stored.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #113233: \[Bug\]: Busy/drain follow-up reports 'queued' even when the message was silently dropped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113236: fix(gateway): only claim busy follow-ups queued when the enqueue succeeds**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113441`, `#113233`, `#82407`
  - files: `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_session_ack.py`
- **#113441: fix(gateway): report busy/drain follow-up as queued only when actually stored**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#113236`, `#113233`, `#113236`
  - files: `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`