# NousResearch/hermes-agent · IRC default port ignores TLS setting

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #20161: IRC default port sticks to 6697 even for non-tls usage.
- PR #30333: fix(irc): use correct default port based on use_tls setting

An issue and related fix attempts address IRC defaulting to port 6697 regardless of whether TLS is enabled or disabled. The correct default port should depend on the use_tls configuration setting.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #20161: IRC default port sticks to 6697 even for non-tls usage.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20190: fix(irc): use correct default port based on use_tls setting**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#30333: fix(irc): use correct default port based on use_tls setting**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#20190`, `#20161`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`