# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Matrix media sends reusing a single gateway adapter

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members center on issue #46310, which reports that send_message over Matrix media reconnects and re-initializes E2EE for each message. Three members appear to be changes aimed at reusing a live or single adapter for Matrix media sends, including multi-chunk sends; two of them share an identical title.

## 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 #54031. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #54031 (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-54031`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #46310: \[Bug\]: send_message Matrix (media) path reconnects + re-inits E2EE per message — exhausts recipient one-time keys and silently drops messages under burst

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54031: fix(send_message): reuse live gateway adapter for Matrix media sends (#46310)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#46365: fix(send_message): reuse live gateway adapter for Matrix media sends (#46310)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a7fd62d82`, `#54031`, `#41112`, `#46310`
- **#46407: fix(matrix): reuse single adapter for multi-chunk media sends (#46310)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#54031`, `#46310`, `#46365`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #54031 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`