# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix order-dependent test flakiness in gateway tests

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #33079: Telegram gateway tests: sys.modules ParseMode mock poisoning causes order-dependent false failures

These items address test isolation problems where mocking of ParseMode/ChatType via sys.modules caused order-dependent failures across test files. The fixes involve using subprocesses per test file and str-enum-based mocks to prevent mock poisoning.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #33079: Telegram gateway tests: sys.modules ParseMode mock poisoning causes order-dependent false failures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33875: fix(tests): use str-enum for mock ParseMode/ChatType to fix order-dependent failures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68873`
- **#68873: test(gateway): fix order-dependent telegram-mock flake cluster**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4673d2705a`, `#74576`, `#33875`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`