# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Photon iMessage rendering and adapter fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address Photon iMessage rendering issues including markdown formatting, emoji reactions, Unicode corruption from bold formatting, and adapter behavior corrections such as suppressing the streaming cursor.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73560. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73560 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #49253: Photon iMessage: Markdown Bold-Formatting corrupts Unicode (▉ replacement char)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73560: fix(photon): quick-fix wave — placeholder drop, edit-flag, envelope unwrap, test isolation (salvage #71673 #54514 #62172 #70818)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/auth.py`, `tests/conftest.py`, `tests/cron/test_scheduler.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_auth.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_inbound.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_streaming.py`
- **#62172: fix(photon): mark adapter as not supporting message editing to suppress streaming cursor**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73560`, `#49815`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73560 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`