# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config option to suppress busy-input acknowledgment messages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all concern adding a configurable option (busy_ack_enabled) to the gateway to allow suppression of busy-input acknowledgment messages. The three members appear to be closely related or duplicate proposals for the same feature.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #18194. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #18194 (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-18194`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #17457: feat(gateway): add config option to suppress busy-input acknowledgment messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18194: feat(gateway): add busy_ack_enabled config option to suppress ack messages**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#17491: feat(gateway): add busy_ack_enabled config option to suppress ack messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2b512cbca`, `#18194`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #18194 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-01`.