# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp silent observation mode feature work

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #33912: feat: Add read-only / silent monitoring mode for WhatsApp adapter
- #38710: feat: Add observe_unmentioned_group_messages to WhatsApp platform
- PR #38750: \[codex\] Add WhatsApp observed group context
- PR #84926: feat(whatsapp): observe authorized group context before response

These items concern adding a read-only or observation-only mode to the WhatsApp platform adapter, allowing the agent to monitor group messages without actively responding. The work spans feature requests, implementation, and context-handling for unmentioned group messages.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 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

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- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.27`: 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

- #33912: feat: Add read-only / silent monitoring mode for WhatsApp adapter
- #38710: feat: Add observe_unmentioned_group_messages to WhatsApp platform

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #13694: Feature Request: training_wheels — observation-only mode for messaging platforms

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38750: \[codex\] Add WhatsApp observed group context**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `5600105478ffde29d7566b45421b100eaa29c4ef`, `#38710`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_group_gating.py`
- **#84926: feat(whatsapp): observe authorized group context before response**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f205b9c16f3b2d0bb04b96c0c901060363af8e82`, `c10a6df305513afd19b616114cbedceb57f85933`, `#84925`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/config_loader.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_common.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `gateway/run_observed_context.py`, `gateway/run_turn_runner.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/session_recovery.py`, `gateway/slash_commands_session.py`, `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_group_gating.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/whatsapp.md`

## Fix status

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