# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram mention filtering options for group chats

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #64388: Feature: Telegram option to ignore messages that @mention another human while still responding by default
- PR #103799: feat(telegram): opt-in ignore_human_mentions gate (#64388)

These items relate to controlling how a Telegram bot handles messages that @mention other bots or human users in group chats. They introduce options to reject or ignore such mentions rather than responding to them.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64388: Feature: Telegram option to ignore messages that @mention another human while still responding by default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#20361: fix(telegram): reject messages that @mention a different bot in group chats**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ce4d8570215a7e601e13de5936853b64c355ef5d`, `fbfe2948827b8bdd6e0c0f1aa71eb897938f9635`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#64456: feat(telegram): option to ignore messages that @mention humans (#64388)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103799`
- **#103799: feat(telegram): opt-in ignore_human_mentions gate (#64388)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#64388`, `#64456`
  - files: `gateway/config_loader.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_group_gating.py`

## Fix status

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