# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram media attachment merging into text turns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #33270: \[Bug\]: Telegram text+photo sends can start a text-only turn before the image is attached
- PR #46101: fix(telegram): merge forwarded batch attachments into startup turns

These issues and fixes address a race or batching problem where Telegram messages combining text and photos could incorrectly start a text-only turn before the image is attached. The fixes merge startup media and forwarded batch attachments into the correct text turns.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #33270: \[Bug\]: Telegram text+photo sends can start a text-only turn before the image is attached

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33272: fix(gateway): merge Telegram startup media into text turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#46101`
- **#46101: fix(telegram): merge forwarded batch attachments into startup turns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#33272`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_forwarded_batch_startup_merge.py`

## Fix status

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