# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix invalid characters in Telegram help commands

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address Telegram help and command output containing invalid characters, including uppercase letters and other disallowed characters in slash command names. The work involves sanitizing command mentions and names to conform to Telegram's requirements.

## 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 #19430. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19430 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #19313: Telegram /help and /commands output contains invalid uppercase slash commands

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19430: fix: sanitize Telegram help command mentions**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_command_help.py`
- **#19371: fix: sanitize Telegram help command mentions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19430`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19430 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-04`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`