# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp bridge empty message and ID fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #63647: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp Baileys bridge emits 1,000+ blank messages during E2EE retry/session churn
- PR #63649: fix(whatsapp): never fabricate empty getMessage payloads
- PR #63657: fix(whatsapp): skip unavailable retry payloads
- PR #68374: fix(whatsapp): canonicalize device-suffixed reply IDs

A bug report and related fixes addressing the WhatsApp Baileys bridge emitting large numbers of blank messages during E2EE retry or session churn, along with corrections for fabricated empty payloads, unavailable retry payloads, and device-suffixed reply ID canonicalization.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63647: \[Bug\]: WhatsApp Baileys bridge emits 1,000+ blank messages during E2EE retry/session churn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63649: fix(whatsapp): never fabricate empty getMessage payloads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `714e4941b`, `e9a054025b96`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#11469`, `#68374`, `#67179`, `#67227`, `#11469`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#67179`, `#67227`, `#63647`, `#68374`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#67227`, `#67179`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#67179`, `#67227`, `#67179`, `#68374`, `#11469`, `#374151`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63657`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_getmessage.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`
- **#63657: fix(whatsapp): skip unavailable retry payloads**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#63649`, `#63647`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.native.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`
- **#68374: fix(whatsapp): canonicalize device-suffixed reply IDs**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `714e4941b`, `449d09c1e8b9`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#11469`, `#68374`, `#67179`, `#67227`, `#11469`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63647`, `#63657`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#67179`, `#63647`, `#67227`, `#63647`, `#68374`, `#63647`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#63657`, `#63649`, `#67179`, `#67227`, `#67179`, `#68374`, `#11469`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.native.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_group_gating.py`

## Fix status

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