# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway sessions not applying SOUL.md or personality identity

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Most members concern gateway sessions (Telegram, Feishu) that appear to use the default agent identity instead of custom SOUL.md/AGENTS.md or personality settings, including wiring of the load_soul_identity config. One member addresses a related but distinct topic: evicting cached agents across fresh session boundaries.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 4 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.21`: 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

- #6731: Feishu bot uses hardcoded DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY instead of SOUL.md for system prompt
- #26596: \[Bug\] Gateway mode ignores SOUL.md and agent.personalities — DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY always used
- #32843: \[Bug\]: SOUL.md and AGENTS.md not loaded for Telegram gateway sessions in v0.14.0
- #37480: Gateway (Telegram) ignores custom SOUL.md + AGENTS.md — serves DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY despite correct paths, default profile, and load_soul_identity=true

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26789: fix(gateway): honor SOUL.md and agent.personality in gateway sessions**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#26596`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#37520: fix(gateway): wire agent.load_soul_identity config to gateway AIAgent construction (#37480)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#6761: fix(gateway): evict cached agents across fresh session boundaries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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