# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Signal CLI REST API incompatibility issues and warnings

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #4721: Signal adapter lacks REST/WebSocket mode for better ARM64 support and reliability
- #32337: \[Bug\]: signal-cli-rest-api does not work

These issues and PRs concern the Signal gateway's incompatibility with the bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api Docker image, including bug reports, detection/warning logic, and documentation corrections around supported Signal CLI modes.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #3545. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #3545 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-3545`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.25`: 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

- #4721: Signal adapter lacks REST/WebSocket mode for better ARM64 support and reliability
- #32337: \[Bug\]: signal-cli-rest-api does not work

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #2409: \[Bug\]: Signal gateway doesn't work with the signal cli rest api

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3545: Remove incorrect docker alternative for signal-cli**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/signal.md`
- **#2414: fix:  Signal gateway doesn't work with the signal cli rest api**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#32379: fix(signal): detect and warn about bbernhard/signal-cli-rest-api incompatibility**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #3545 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-28`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `docs`