# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp message ID tracking in text merge paths

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #59582: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp draft reply not updating from latest inbound message
- PR #99610: fix(gateway): anchor merged message bursts on the newest message

These issues address a bug where the latest message ID is not correctly carried forward during rapid or merged text events in WhatsApp, affecting draft reply behavior. The fixes target the specific code paths responsible for propagating the message ID.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #59582: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp draft reply not updating from latest inbound message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60409: fix(whatsapp): carry forward message_id from latest event in text merge paths**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#99610: fix(gateway): anchor merged message bursts on the newest message**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81707`, `#59582`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_merge_pending_reply_anchor.py`

## Fix status

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