# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling stall detection and adapter rebuild

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a scenario where the Telegram getUpdates poller stalls and the gateway becomes unresponsive; the work involves a watchdog/supervisor that detects the stall and rebuilds the adapter rather than leaving it deaf until restart.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114221. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114221 (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-114221`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113618: Telegram stall watchdog rebuilds the poller but never recovers; gateway stays connected and deaf until process restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114221: A wedged Telegram getUpdates is rebuilt by the supervisor instead of staying deaf for 20 minutes (#113618, salvage #113657, #113643)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/holny@users.noreply.github.com`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_stall_watchdog.py`
- **#113643: fix(telegram): verifier-stall escalates fast via a dedicated bounded helper (#113618)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb42672178`, `#114221`, `#113657`, `#113618`
- **#113657: fix(telegram): rebuild adapter on confirmed polling stall instead of reusing unquiesced updater (#113618)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb42672178`, `#114221`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114221 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.