# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram startup notification race with degraded state

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66589: Telegram startup notification fails with send_path_degraded after planned restart — race between _send_path_degraded clear and _send_home_channel_startup_notifications
- PR #66598: fix(gateway): wait for Telegram adapter degraded state before startup notifications
- PR #70859: fix(gateway): retry restart completion delivery

A race condition causes startup home-channel notifications to fail when the Telegram adapter's degraded state has not yet cleared after a planned restart. The associated fixes address this by waiting for the degraded state and retrying the notification if needed.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #66589: Telegram startup notification fails with send_path_degraded after planned restart — race between _send_path_degraded clear and _send_home_channel_startup_notifications

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66598: fix(gateway): wait for Telegram adapter degraded state before startup notifications**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91969`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/restart_test_helpers.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_notification.py`
- **#70859: fix(gateway): retry restart completion delivery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `13f49a8f217ee9b55db2afc6158e720a32b15cb2`, `8ddf6d12347411fa43102662ba040f8280dd1415`, `#92230`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/restart.py`, `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `gateway/run_restart_notifications.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/restart_test_helpers.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_notice_egress_profile_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_planned_restart_durability.py`, `tests/gateway/test_planned_restart_notice_multiplex.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_notice_send_certainty.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_notification_durability.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_resume_pending.py`
- **#78093: fix(gateway): retry startup home-channel notification on send_path_degraded**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#66598`

## Fix status

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