# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram Bot API 10.1 rich message handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #63485: fix(telegram): top-level inbound rich_message updates are silently ignored
- PR #63491: fix(telegram): handle Telegram Bot API 10.1 Rich Messages
- PR #94899: fix(telegram): receive inbound rich messages as markdown (Bot API 10.1)

These issues and pull requests address problems with receiving and processing inbound rich messages introduced in Telegram Bot API 10.1. Concerns include silent ignoring of top-level rich_message updates and handling or converting them to markdown.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63485: fix(telegram): top-level inbound rich_message updates are silently ignored

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63491: fix(telegram): handle Telegram Bot API 10.1 Rich Messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#63485`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_message_63485.py`
- **#94899: fix(telegram): receive inbound rich messages as markdown (Bot API 10.1)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/rich_messages.py`, `tests/platforms/telegram/test_rich_messages.py`

## Fix status

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