# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway delivery target ID parsing and related Slack fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Two members concern explicit delivery target IDs in the gateway, with one reporting that DeliveryTarget.parse corrupts explicit chat IDs and Matrix room targets and the other titled as a fix for preserving them. A third member is a broader Slack batch covering reserved commands, session isolation, and delivery fixes, so it only partly overlaps the others.

## 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 #18553. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #18553 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #11768: bug(gateway): DeliveryTarget.parse corrupts explicit chat IDs and Matrix room targets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18553: fix(gateway/slack): batch salvage — reserved commands, session isolation, delivery fixes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/delivery.py`, `gateway/platforms/discord.py`, `gateway/platforms/slack.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_free_response.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_mention.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py`
- **#11962: fix(gateway): preserve explicit delivery target ids**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#11893`, `#11768`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #18553 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-01`.