# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Queue chained responses dropping MEDIA file delivery

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #18539: \[Bug\]: /queue FIFO chain drops MEDIA files — only last item gets media delivery
- PR #19011: fix(gateway): strip MEDIA tags before chained /queue follow-up

A bug where MEDIA files are lost or stripped in FIFO-chained /queue follow-up responses, with fixes targeting tag stripping and delivery logic in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #82162. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #82162 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #18539: \[Bug\]: /queue FIFO chain drops MEDIA files — only last item gets media delivery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82162: fix(gateway): preserve MEDIA delivery on queued follow-up responses (salvage #71031)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_run_progress_topics.py`, `tests/gateway/test_tts_media_routing.py`
- **#18546: fix(gateway): deliver MEDIA files for queued follow-up responses**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#82162`, `#71031`
- **#19011: fix(gateway): strip MEDIA tags before chained /queue follow-up**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_queue_followup_media.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #82162 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-09`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`