# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reduce repetitive log noise in Slack and Hermes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These changes throttle or suppress repeated warnings and noisy log output in the Slack integration and Hermes gateway. The focus is on quieting recurring messages without removing meaningful signal.

## 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 #70192. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70192 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #18485: Reduce recurring Hermes gateway/log noise

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70192: fix(slack): quiet logs — catch-all ack, no content leaks, throttled warnings**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/channel_directory.py`, `gateway/display_config.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_channel_directory.py`, `tests/gateway/test_display_config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_notification.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_log_noise.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_mention.py`
- **#18683: fix(slack): throttle repeated channel directory warnings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70192`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70192 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`