# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent Markdown links from splitting during chunking

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #125885: \[Bug\]: Telegram chunking splits a Markdown link after ordinary prose
- PR #125906: fix(platforms): retreat message splits before an open Markdown link
- PR #125938: fix(gateway): keep Markdown links whole when chunking long messages

These issues and pull requests address a bug where long message chunking splits Markdown links at unsafe points. Fixes span multiple platform layers including gateway and Telegram.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #125885: \[Bug\]: Telegram chunking splits a Markdown link after ordinary prose

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125906: fix(platforms): retreat message splits before an open Markdown link**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a1f53a5e0c`, `a1f53a5e0c`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`
- **#125938: fix(gateway): keep Markdown links whole when chunking long messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`
- **#126590: fix(gateway): keep Markdown links whole when choosing a message split (fixes #125885)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ddb56d0aa126`, `8f21606116c3`, `#125885`

## Fix status

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