# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix nested markdown/mention placeholder ordering issues

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #50432: \[Bug\]: Some links become " MENTION_PROTECTED"
- PR #104845: fix(matrix): unwind nested markdown placeholders

These items address a bug where nested placeholders for mentions and links in matrix were being unwound or restored in the wrong order, causing some links or mentions to render incorrectly as raw placeholder text.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #50432: \[Bug\]: Some links become " MENTION_PROTECTED"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50561: fix(matrix): restore nested mention placeholders in reverse order (#50432)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104845`, `#50432`
- **#104845: fix(matrix): unwind nested markdown placeholders**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `bb9208b9984864f5ac5e8c242bf74dfb50c28584`, `4a3e1eb0f4274afa1eb1ea11e572abb9d63f2c15`, `9ab3dcf80dbd17638cc8ff123322853213a467ac`, `#104845`, `#50432`, `#89269`, `#50561`, `#111333`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/matrix/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_matrix_mention.py`

## Fix status

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