# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram send retries on ambiguous NetworkError may duplicate messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #64238: \[Telegram\] Non-timeout NetworkError is blindly re-sent after the request may have reached Telegram → duplicate messages (no send idempotence)
- PR #64272: fix(telegram): don't resend post-write NetworkError to avoid duplicate messages

One issue and two pull requests concern Telegram message sending, where a non-timeout NetworkError may be retried even though the request might already have reached Telegram, potentially producing duplicate messages. The pull requests propose not resending in these ambiguous or post-write cases.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64238: \[Telegram\] Non-timeout NetworkError is blindly re-sent after the request may have reached Telegram → duplicate messages (no send idempotence)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64272: fix(telegram): don't resend post-write NetworkError to avoid duplicate messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fad76d54952f`, `#3899`, `#3922`, `#5153`, `#3906`, `#64272`, `#64279`, `#64238`, `#374151`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_send_retry.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_send_network_idempotence.py`
- **#64279: fix(telegram): do not blindly resend ambiguous NetworkError on send (#64238)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#64272`, `#64238`

## Fix status

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