# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack Socket Mode reconnect loop and stability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address an infinite reconnection loop triggered when Slack credentials are absent or incomplete, along with related Socket Mode reliability improvements such as fail-fast credential checks, session healing, staleness detection, and clean shutdown behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69319. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69319 (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-69319`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #66696: Gateway Slack reconnect loop when default env lacks SLACK_APP_TOKEN

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69319: fix(slack): Socket Mode health — fail-fast creds, session heal, staleness detection, clean shutdown, dedup TTL**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_connect.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_dedup_ttl.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_socket_reconnect_heal.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_connect.py`
- **#66720: fix(slack): 修复缺少 Slack 凭证时的无限重连循环**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69319`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69319 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`