# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix hermes send silently dropping media attachments

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A bug caused hermes send to report success when MEDIA attachments were silently dropped; fixes make it report the drop and exit non-zero instead.

## 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 #116842. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116842 (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-116842`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115908: \[Bug\]: hermes send returns success:true and exit 0 when a MEDIA attachment was dropped — callers book a delivery that never happened

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116842: fix(messaging): hermes send reports dropped MEDIA attachments and exits non-zero instead of success:true (#115908, supersedes #115913)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#115913: fix(messaging): fail sends when requested media is dropped**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `314076ca63e8`, `#116842`, `#115908`, `#115913`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116842 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.