# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix clarify/agent cleanup on rejection or expiry

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #71946: \[Bug\]: Telegram native-choice clarify can deadlock when custom prose is redirected; \`/stop\` leaves clarify armed

These items address bugs where clarify prompts or agents are not properly cleaned up or disarmed when choices are rejected, buttons expire, or a stop command is issued across gateway, Discord, and Telegram integrations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #71946: \[Bug\]: Telegram native-choice clarify can deadlock when custom prose is redirected; \`/stop\` leaves clarify armed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71997: fix(gateway): release rejected native clarifies before steering**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `89f2feeb9`, `#75732`, `#71946`
- **#72742: fix(discord): release the agent when clarify buttons expire**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#75732`, `#82554`

## Fix status

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