# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Photon adapter rich links and sidecar updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items cover adding and fixing rich link preview support in the Photon adapter, including a bug where iMessage rich links were unhandled, plus a sidecar upgrade and tapback correlation work.

## 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 #73614. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73614 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #50336: \[Bug\]: Photon adapter does not handle iMessage rich links — shows '\[Photon content type not handled: richlink\]'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50337: fix(photon): handle iMessage rich links in sidecar and adapter**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4345b3e767c73405e143b2f03a1e4e7773c2b472`, `#50336`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#73614: feat(photon): native polls, effects, clarify-as-poll, rich links (salvage #43665 #43718 #48194 #54646)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/photon/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/index.mjs`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_outbound_media.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_clarify.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_rich_links.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_spectrum_patch.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/photon.md`
- **#54646: feat(photon): support rich link previews**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73614`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73614 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `agent`