# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram clarify choices show full text in message body

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a problem where Telegram clarify choice text was truncated when rendered as buttons, proposing to include the full numbered choice text in the message body instead. Multiple fix attempts and the originating issue report are grouped here.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #28475. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28475 (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-28475`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #27497: Telegram clarify choices should include full numbered text when buttons truncate

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#27535: fix(gateway/telegram): include full numbered choices in clarify body**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27852`, `#27497`, `#27852`, `#27581`, `#27852`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#28475: fix(telegram): render full clarify choice text in message body (closes #27497)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_clarify_buttons.py`
- **#27581: fix(telegram): add full clarify choices text to message body**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27852`, `#27497`, `#27852`, `#27535`
- **#27852: fix(telegram): render full clarify choice text in message body, use short button labels**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#28475`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28475 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.