# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway status messages causing Matrix ping-pong loops

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #43047: Gateway status messages (⚡ Working, Interrupting) pollute agent-to-agent Matrix DMs causing ping-pong loops
- PR #43072: fix(matrix): send gateway status/progress messages as m.notice

These issues and fixes address gateway status/progress messages being sent in Matrix DMs in ways that trigger ping-pong loops between agents. The proposed mitigations involve sending such messages as m.notice type and/or suppressing them on the Matrix side.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #43047: Gateway status messages (⚡ Working, Interrupting) pollute agent-to-agent Matrix DMs causing ping-pong loops

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43072: fix(matrix): send gateway status/progress messages as m.notice**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/matrix.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_matrix.py`, `tests/gateway/test_run_progress_topics.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_thread_fallback.py`
- **#43207: fix(gateway): suppress status messages on Matrix to prevent ping-pong loops (#43047)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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