# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack slash-command reply delivery and truncation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs where Slack slash-command responses could be silently dropped, truncated, or misdelivered due to problems with response_url handling, chunk delivery, and command parsing order.

## 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 #69479. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69479 (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-69479`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #19688: Slack slash-command replies can be silently truncated or dropped when response_url delivery fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69479: fix(slack): harden slash/bang command handling — parse order, session keys, response_url delivery**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/PavelTajdus@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/e2e/test_platform_commands.py`, `tests/gateway/test_queue_command.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_approval_buttons.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_send_retry.py`, `tests/gateway/test_steer_command.py`
- **#19701: fix(gateway/slack): report failure and deliver all chunks for slash-command replies**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69479 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`