# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix approval delivery failure propagation in plain-text

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #125950: \[Bug\]: Plain-text approval delivery ignores failed SendResult and waits for an unseen prompt
- PR #125961: fix(approvals): propagate a failed plain-text approval delivery instead of waiting it out
- PR #131442: fix(gateway): fail promptly when the plain-text approval prompt is undeliverable

These items address a bug where a \`failed\` plain-text approval delivery result was ignored, causing the system to wait indefinitely for a prompt that was never sent. The fixes ensure failures are propagated promptly rather than silently stalled.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125950: \[Bug\]: Plain-text approval delivery ignores failed SendResult and waits for an unseen prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125961: fix(approvals): propagate a failed plain-text approval delivery instead of waiting it out**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `tests/gateway/test_approval_plaintext_delivery_failure.py`
- **#125962: fix(gateway): fail promptly on undelivered text approval**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#125961`
- **#131442: fix(gateway): fail promptly when the plain-text approval prompt is undeliverable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `tests/gateway/test_exec_approval_text_undeliverable.py`

## Fix status

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