# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram duplicate inbound update deduplication work

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern Telegram gateways processing repeated inbound updates from Telegram's retry mechanism, resulting in duplicate replies. The work involves deduplicating updates by ID, fencing replayed updates before dispatch, and persisting update receipts across adapter rebuilds and restarts.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #118769. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118769 (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-120257`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #68502: Telegram gateway processes duplicate inbound messages, causing duplicate replies

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118769: fix(telegram): fence replayed updates before dispatch and observer effects**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/update_admission.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_progress.py`, `tests/plugins/test_telegram_update_admission.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md`
- **#120257: fix(telegram): keep update receipts across adapter rebuilds and restarts**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/update_admission.py`, `tests/plugins/test_telegram_update_admission.py`
- **#68906: fix(telegram): dedup inbound updates by update_id**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118769`, `#68502`
- **#119674: fix(telegram): deduplicate repeated inbound updates from Telegram retries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120257`, `#118769`, `#68502`, `#120257`, `#68502`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118769 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`