# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MarkdownV2 entity splitting bug in truncate_message

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52093: truncate_message splits MarkdownV2 entities (*bold* / _italic_ / ~strike~ / ||spoiler||) across chunks → 'can't parse entities' → formatting stripped
- PR #52096: fix(gateway): guard truncate_message against splitting MarkdownV2 inline entities (#52093)
- PR #79473: fix(gateway): keep MarkdownV2 inline entities balanced across truncate_message chunks (#52093)

A bug where truncate_message splits MarkdownV2 inline formatting markers (bold, italic, strikethrough, spoiler) across chunk boundaries, causing parse errors and stripped formatting. The cluster includes the issue report and related fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #52093: truncate_message splits MarkdownV2 entities (*bold* / _italic_ / ~strike~ / ||spoiler||) across chunks → 'can't parse entities' → formatting stripped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52096: fix(gateway): guard truncate_message against splitting MarkdownV2 inline entities (#52093)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`
- **#79473: fix(gateway): keep MarkdownV2 inline entities balanced across truncate_message chunks (#52093)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fc8d15d77`, `03d37431b`, `#104370`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_inline_entity_split.py`

## Fix status

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