# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram code block escaping and formatting fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #11287: feat(gateway): send Telegram messages via MessageEntity instead of MarkdownV2

These items address a bug where backslashes and special characters are incorrectly stripped or escaped inside inline code and fenced code blocks in Telegram messages. Work spans both MarkdownV2 escaping fixes and a shift toward using Telegram's MessageEntity API as an alternative approach.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #2200. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #2200 (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-2200`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #2193: \[Bug\]: Backslashes stripped inside inline code and fenced code blocks on Telegram

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#2200: fix(telegram): escape backslashes and backticks inside code entities for Telegram (MarkdownV2)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_format.py`
- **#11287: feat(gateway): send Telegram messages via MessageEntity instead of MarkdownV2**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_entities.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_format.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_reply_mode.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #2200 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-20`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `gateway`