# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram duplicate messages after send timeouts or network errors

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #64272: fix(telegram): don't resend post-write NetworkError to avoid duplicate messages

The members center on Telegram messages being delivered more than once when a send times out or a NetworkError occurs after writing. One is a bug report citing stacked retry layers, and the other three are fix proposals to avoid resending in those cases.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #3906: bug: Telegram duplicate messages caused by stacked retry layers after send timeout

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3899: fix(telegram): prevent duplicate message delivery on send timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#5153`
- **#3922: fix(telegram): prevent duplicate messages on send timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#64272: fix(telegram): don't resend post-write NetworkError to avoid duplicate messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fad76d54952f`, `#3899`, `#3922`, `#5153`, `#3906`, `#64272`, `#64279`, `#64238`, `#374151`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_send_retry.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_send_network_idempotence.py`

## Fix status

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