# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp allowlist handling of business-scoped user IDs (BSUIDs)

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138192: whatsapp_cloud: allowlist strips every non-digit, so business-scoped user ids (BSUIDs) can collide
- PR #138194: fix(whatsapp): preserve BSUID allowlist identifiers
- PR #140414: fix(whatsapp_cloud): compare BSUIDs byte-for-byte in allowlist (#138192)

The members concern how WhatsApp Cloud allowlist matching treats BSUIDs: one issue reports that stripping non-digit characters could make different IDs collide, and two pull requests propose preserving or comparing BSUID identifiers exactly. The titles do not indicate whether any of these changes have been merged or verified.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138192: whatsapp_cloud: allowlist strips every non-digit, so business-scoped user ids (BSUIDs) can collide

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138194: fix(whatsapp): preserve BSUID allowlist identifiers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e31c674f7c52`, `be4670259e882f11bcac80ed6e85b745fa67b348`, `be4670259e882f11bcac80ed6e85b745fa67b348`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/whatsapp_cloud/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_cloud.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_cloud_allowed_users.py`
- **#140414: fix(whatsapp_cloud): compare BSUIDs byte-for-byte in allowlist (#138192)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/approvals_suggest.py`, `tests/tools/test_approval_registry_writes.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`

## Fix status

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