# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram dispatcher stalling silently without disconnecting

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #71239: \[BUG\] Telegram can consume updates but stall the Application dispatcher invisibly

These issues and fix concern a bug where the Telegram integration's dispatcher can become wedged or stalled while appearing connected, consuming updates without processing them. The work focuses on detecting this invisible stall condition.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #132162. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132162 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71239: \[BUG\] Telegram can consume updates but stall the Application dispatcher invisibly

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132162: Telegram no longer stays connected but deaf on a wedged dispatcher (#130407, #130942)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_ingress_delivery_gap.py`, `tests/plugins/test_telegram_update_admission.py`
- **#71240: fix(telegram): detect stalled local update dispatch**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `98d8ea79af`, `#132162`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132162 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-03`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`