# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway send_message not using home channel from config.yaml

## Open now

- 0 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #43361: fix(gateway): load send_message home channel env
- PR #43362: fix(gateway): bridge top-level telegram.home_channel from config.yaml
- PR #43364: fix(gateway): send_message resolves home channel from config.yaml, not just env

These issues and pull requests all concern the gateway's send_message tool and how it finds the Telegram home channel, with members describing it as reading only environment variables (e.g. TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL) rather than config.yaml values. Several titles propose bridging or loading config.yaml settings into the environment, but the titles alone do not show whether any change was merged or works.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #43335: Gateway send_message tool ignores TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL config

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43361: fix(gateway): load send_message home channel env**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_runtime_env.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#43362: fix(gateway): bridge top-level telegram.home_channel from config.yaml**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#43361`, `#43364`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_config.py`
- **#43364: fix(gateway): send_message resolves home channel from config.yaml, not just env**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#43335`, `#43361`, `#43362`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_home_channel_fallback.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#43489: fix(gateway): bridge config.yaml env vars for send_message tool (#43335)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#43361`, `#43335`, `#43362`, `#43364`

## Fix status

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