# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Photon streaming cursor tofu display fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a visual artifact where the streaming cursor appears as a white square (tofu) in Photon iMessage outbound messages, including a gateway buffer mode change and related quick-fixes.

## 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-73560`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #49793: Photon iMessage: streaming cursor/tofu shows as white square in outbound messages

## 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`
- **#49815: fix(gateway): use buffer_only mode for Photon to prevent streaming cursor tofu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#62172`, `#73560`

## 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`