# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix indentation loss when splitting long messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #54579: Long code blocks lose their indentation when a reply is split into multiple messages
- PR #54580: fix(gateway): keep code indentation when a long message is split
- PR #54704: fix(gateway): preserve indentation when splitting long messages
- PR #123937: fix(gateway): keep code indentation across split messages without adding a blank line

These issues and pull requests address a bug where code blocks lose their indentation when a gateway message is too long and gets split into multiple messages. The work focuses on preserving original formatting across message splits.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54579: Long code blocks lose their indentation when a reply is split into multiple messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#54580: fix(gateway): keep code indentation when a long message is split**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`; refs `#54704`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`
- **#54704: fix(gateway): preserve indentation when splitting long messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#54580`, `#54579`, `#54580`, `#54580`, `#54579`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`
- **#123937: fix(gateway): keep code indentation across split messages without adding a blank line**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py`

## Fix status

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