# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway background process output delivery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bug reports and fixes addressing cases where background process output or completions are incorrectly delivered or duplicated after already being consumed. Changes focus on suppressing, draining, and skipping notifications for already-handled process completions.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70197. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70197 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-70197`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #65379: \[Bug\]: Background process output leaks into Slack after process(wait) has already read it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70197: fix(gateway): never double-deliver background output; drain /goal continuations**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/269728612+metamon-p@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_background_process_notifications.py`, `tests/gateway/test_channel_continuity_hint.py`, `tests/gateway/test_goal_continuation_drain.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`
- **#65395: fix(gateway): suppress consumed process completions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#65379`
- **#65403: fix(gateway): skip raw text notification when agent already consumed completion (#65379)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#65395`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70197 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`