# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix reply_to_mode config handling across platforms

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121430: hermes config set platforms.<platform>.reply_to_mode off stores false, gateway falls back to first
- PR #121445: fix(config): preserve platform reply mode strings
- PR #121482: fix(gateway): normalize a legacy bool reply_to_mode across every platform

These items address bugs in how reply_to_mode values are stored and normalized in platform configuration, including handling of legacy boolean values and ensuring string modes are preserved correctly in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #121430: hermes config set platforms.<platform>.reply_to_mode off stores false, gateway falls back to first

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121445: fix(config): preserve platform reply mode strings**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `459332c25e62cd674e6df58e42a3595140fcc905`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_value_coercion.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_platforms_redirect.py`
- **#121482: fix(gateway): normalize a legacy bool reply_to_mode across every platform**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#121430`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_config.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`