# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack thread reply wake and state persistence fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address two related Slack agent issues: the agent failing to wake when humans reply in threads, and reply-tracking state being lost on restart. Both the bug report and fixes target thread reply detection and persistence behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69320. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69320 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #63530: \[Slack\] Replies to bot messages posted outside gateway send() never wake the agent; reply-tracking state is also lost on restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69320: fix(slack): thread-context lifecycle — cold-start, restart rehydration, mention refresh, reply-wake**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/114367649+knoal@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/262373281+vexclawx31@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/56281588+LevSky22@users.noreply.github.com`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shared_group_sender_prefix.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_approval_buttons.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_mention_humanization.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_wake_external_bot_messages.py`
- **#64067: fix(slack): wake on human replies in threads whose root we authored (#63530)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69320`, `#63530`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69320 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`