# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram send_message timeout retry behavior

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #47229: Telegram send_message does not retry on timeout errors
- PR #105094: fix(tools): keep delivering remaining Telegram chunks after a timeout

These members identify and address the absence of retry logic in the Telegram send_message function when timeout errors occur. They represent a bug report and related fix attempts for the same issue.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #47229: Telegram send_message does not retry on timeout errors

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#47238: Fix: Telegram send_message should retry on timeout errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6e36048af`, `dc4de1437`, `af381ef12`, `#35664`
- **#47923: fix(telegram): retry send_message on timeout errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#47238`, `#42927`, `#47229`
- **#105094: fix(tools): keep delivering remaining Telegram chunks after a timeout**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_senders.py`

## Fix status

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