# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram dollar sign LaTeX parsing bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66746: \[Bug\]: Telegram Rich Messages parse bare "$" dollar amounts as inline LaTeX math, garbling financial figures
- PR #66779: fix: escape bare $ in Telegram rich messages to prevent LaTeX garbling
- PR #66784: fix(telegram): escape bare $ in rich messages so dollar amounts aren't parsed as LaTeX math (#66746)

A bug where bare '$' characters in Telegram rich messages are incorrectly parsed as LaTeX math delimiters, garbling financial figures. The members cover the bug report and associated fix to escape dollar signs.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #66746: \[Bug\]: Telegram Rich Messages parse bare "$" dollar amounts as inline LaTeX math, garbling financial figures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#66779: fix: escape bare $ in Telegram rich messages to prevent LaTeX garbling**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `716f901147a5`, `#66746`, `#66779`, `#66784`, `#374151`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`
- **#66784: fix(telegram): escape bare $ in rich messages so dollar amounts aren't parsed as LaTeX math (#66746)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_rich_messages.py`

## Fix status

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