# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram base_url ignored in standalone send path

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #51223: \[Bug\]: send_message tool ignores telegram base_url — proactive/cron sends bypass self-hosted Bot API server
- PR #51224: fix(telegram): honor base_url in standalone send_message tool (#51223)
- PR #73156: fix(send_message): honor telegram base_url in standalone send path (#51223)
- PR #125409: fix(telegram): standalone sends honour custom Bot API base_url and read timeout

A bug where the send_message tool bypasses the configured Telegram base_url (used for self-hosted Bot API servers) in proactive/cron send scenarios, along with associated fix attempts.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #51223: \[Bug\]: send_message tool ignores telegram base_url — proactive/cron sends bypass self-hosted Bot API server

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51224: fix(telegram): honor base_url in standalone send_message tool (#51223)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#73156: fix(send_message): honor telegram base_url in standalone send path (#51223)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `41375478d0cf`, `#51223`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#73156`, `#51223`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#73156`, `#51224`, `#73156`, `#374151`, `#51223`, `#51224`, `#73156`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_telegram_base_url.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#125409: fix(telegram): standalone sends honour custom Bot API base_url and read timeout**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_telegram_proxy.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_telegram_selfhosted.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tests/tools/test_telegram_send_message_caption.py`, `tools/send_message_senders.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

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