# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway turn handoff and follow-up ownership fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address race conditions in the gateway where messages or follow-up turns lose ownership or are dropped during session release and turn transitions. The work targets edge cases around streamed turn completion and subsequent message routing.

## 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 #121728. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121728 (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-121728`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121393: \[Bug\]: Telegram drops a DM that arrives right after a streamed turn finishes (text batch flushed, never dispatched)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121728: fix(gateway): start a busy follow-up that the finishing turn left without an owner**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_followup_after_session_release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_followup_guard_release.py`
- **#121464: fix(gateway): start a fresh turn when the session releases while a follow-up routes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d350422b15`, `#121728`, `#121393`, `#121003`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121728 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.