# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway mid-turn steering message loss fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a gateway bug where steering messages sent during an agent's turn are silently dropped when background events, queued messages, or guard releases interrupt the flow. The changes aim to preserve pending steering and follow-up state across these interruptions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #131888. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #131888 (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-131888`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #131644: Mid-turn steering messages are silently dropped when the agent or a background event replies first

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131888: fix(gateway): stop losing late steering and busy follow-ups (#131644)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_followup_guard_release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_pending_steer_drain.py`
- **#131649: fix(gateway): preserve pending events after guard release**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fd70debb4a2`, `c8533b178a0`, `ab86a20aece`, `#131888`, `#131651`
- **#131651: fix(gateway): preserve leftover mid-turn steer when background events or queued messages arrive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c6406d57bf0`, `1f5ea56f024`, `#131888`, `#131644`, `#131649`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #131888 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.