# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram bad request error on deleted replies

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to handling Telegram BadRequest errors that occur when a reply target message has been deleted. The focus is on graceful error handling for this specific edge case.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #3858. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #3858 (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-3858`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #3229: bug: telegram.error.BadRequest in venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/telegram/request/_baserequest.py:_request_wrapper

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3858: fix(telegram): gracefully handle deleted reply targets**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/telegram.py`, `hermes_cli/codex_models.py`, `tests/test_codex_models.py`
- **#3231: fix(telegram): gracefully handle deleted reply targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#3858`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #3858 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-30`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `gateway`