# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram message content edge-case fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #60848: bug(telegram): empty-message guard misses zero-width/invisible characters — visually empty bubbles delivered
- PR #60865: fix(telegram): reject zero-width/invisible-only messages in empty-send guard (#60848)

These items address two distinct Telegram message-handling edge cases: filtering out visually empty messages containing zero-width or invisible characters, and preserving newlines in rich slash-command output.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #60848: bug(telegram): empty-message guard misses zero-width/invisible characters — visually empty bubbles delivered

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46129: fix(telegram): preserve newlines in rich slash-command output (#46070)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#50196`
- **#60865: fix(telegram): reject zero-width/invisible-only messages in empty-send guard (#60848)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#60848`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_newlines.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

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