# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling wedge detection and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where Telegram polling appears to run but silently stops processing incoming messages. The work focuses on detecting and recovering from a 'wedged' polling state in the Telegram gateway.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #54140. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54140 (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-54140`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #42909: Telegram gateway connects and polls successfully but incoming DMs produce zero log output and no response (WSL2, v0.16.0, PTB 22.6)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42959: fix: recover wedged Telegram polling**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#54140: fix(telegram): detect wedged getUpdates consumer via pending_update_count**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_pending_update_probe.py`
- **#43006: fix(telegram): start polling before PTB app**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54140 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`