# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack bot message handling and thread routing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address cases where bot-to-bot or workflow messages in Slack threads are silently dropped despite allow_bots=all being configured. The work involves authorization ordering, thread-parent context, multi-workspace cache keys, Slack Connect file handling, and diagnostic surfacing for bot-event and allow_bots interop issues.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 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 #70192. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70192 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #30091: Slack: bot-to-bot messages in shared threads silently dropped even with allow_bots=all

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39027: fix(slack): bot messages in active threads silently dropped with allow_bots=all**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d3c866746234ed3de27732de696328c328317fb9`, `#30091`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#70192: fix(slack): quiet logs — catch-all ack, no content leaks, throttled warnings**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/channel_directory.py`, `gateway/display_config.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_channel_directory.py`, `tests/gateway/test_display_config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_notification.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_log_noise.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_mention.py`
- **#30185: fix(slack): surface bot-event arrival and allow_bots interop diagnostics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70192`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70192 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`