# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram approval card message length limit handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern Telegram approval buttons failing or falling back when the approval card message exceeds Telegram's character limit. The work involves ensuring the HTML card stays within the 4096-character limit after escaping so that approval buttons are reliably included.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114801. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114801 (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-114801`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #114036: \[Bug\]: Telegram approval buttons fall back to /approve when the approval card exceeds the message limit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114801: fix(telegram): approval buttons always arrive; the HTML card fits 4096 chars after escaping (#114036, salvage #35812, #114040)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_interactive_prompt_base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_approval_buttons.py`
- **#114040: fix(telegram): keep approval cards within message limit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `edd9fd66a4be`, `#114801`, `#114036`, `#35812`, `#114040`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114801 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.