# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack group DM button click authorization fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #128860: \[Bug\]: Slack button clicks in a group DM are authorized as a channel, unlike the group DM's messages and slash commands
- PR #128767: fix(slack): slash commands and button clicks in a group DM are authorized as a DM, and slash commands obey the channel gates, like messages

A bug was identified where button clicks in Slack group DMs were being authorized as a channel rather than a DM, inconsistently with how messages and slash commands in the same context are authorized. The members track the bug report and related fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #128860: \[Bug\]: Slack button clicks in a group DM are authorized as a channel, unlike the group DM's messages and slash commands

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#128767: fix(slack): slash commands and button clicks in a group DM are authorized as a DM, and slash commands obey the channel gates, like messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `2b7cde506c23f4069dd7bbac91463db5300e5b5f`, `fdc98b2e1b24bc1a4fff1a901e8aa5ad71f111c6`, `#128722`, `#129108`, `#128861`, `#172554`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/slack.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/slack.md`
- **#128861: fix(slack): a button click in a group DM is authorized as a DM, like its messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#128767`, `#128860`

## Fix status

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