# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram gateway session and race condition fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the Telegram gateway related to active-session guards, a race condition where /new during an active session never returns a response, and related HA/WebSocket issues. The work centers on ordering fixes and bypass prevention for session lifecycle commands.

## 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 #19182. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19182 (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-19182`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #18912: Race condition: /new during active agent session never sends response (Telegram gateway)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19182: fix(gateway): batch critical fixes — session resume, /new race, HA WebSocket scheme**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/homeassistant.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_clean_shutdown_marker.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_resume_pending.py`
- **#18915: fix(gateway): send /new response before cancel_session_processing to avoid race (#18912)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19182`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19182 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-03`.