# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack DM channel lookup for user send targets

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where sending Slack messages to user targets does not work because user IDs are not converted to DM channel IDs. The group includes the bug report and related correction attempts.

## 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 #69482. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69482 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #19236: Slack send_message cannot open DMs for user targets

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69482: fix(slack): media delivery — send_message MEDIA, DM targets, explicit post-stream uploads, workspace-scoped files**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_post_stream_media_delivery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_send_multiple_images.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_slack_send_message_media.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#19237: fix(slack): open DMs for user send targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69482`, `#41112`, `#19236`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69482 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`