# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remove deprecated cryptography backend from WeChat AES

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #35432: \[Bug\] WeChat media downloads broken with cryptography >= 48.0.0
- PR #35483: fix(gateway): remove deprecated default_backend() from WeChat AES crypto

A bug in WeChat/gateway code caused by cryptography library changes (>=48.0.0) required removing deprecated default_backend() calls from AES cipher usage. Members include the bug report, fixes, and a cleanup chore addressing the same deprecation.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35432: \[Bug\] WeChat media downloads broken with cryptography >= 48.0.0

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67562: chore(weixin): remove deprecated default_backend() — backward-compat cleanup (#35432)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#35483`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35483: fix(gateway): remove deprecated default_backend() from WeChat AES crypto**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#35428`, `#35432`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/weixin.py`, `tests/gateway/test_weixin.py`

## Fix status

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