# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config key duplication and Telegram message delivery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs where config set could create duplicate or conflicting keys, and where Telegram streaming with reply_to_mode='first' delivered duplicate final messages. Fixes include guards against overwriting dict sections with scalars and redirecting certain platform display settings to the correct config path.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 3 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75867. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75867 (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-100893`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #71047: Bug: config set duplicates top-level key + Telegram streaming+reply_to_mode='first' duplicates final message

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75867: fix(config): guard against scalar overwrite of mapping sections (#74995)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`
- **#100601: fix(telegram): stop duplicate final bubble after flood-capped finalize with reply_to_mode=first (#71047)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/stream_consumer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_final_delivery.py`
- **#100893: hermes config set platforms.<name>.<display_setting> now writes the display.platforms key the gateway reads (#71047, salvage #78111)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_platforms_redirect.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#71076: fix(config+telegram): prevent duplicate config key and duplicate message delivery (#71047)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fab36436b2`, `#100601`, `#100893`
- **#71387: fix(cli): guard config set against overwriting dict sections with scalars**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75867`, `#75409`, `#75867`
- **#78111: fix(config): redirect platforms.<name>.<display_setting> to display.platforms.<name>.<setting> (#71047)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c345d81787`, `#100893`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75867 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`