# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp group access control and policy enforcement

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #7269: \[Question\] Whatsapp groups and require_mention: true, only reply to allowed users
- PR #53623: feat(gateway): WhatsApp group authz + owner detection + reactions (fixes #7269)

These issues and pull requests concern authorization policies for WhatsApp groups, including who is allowed to send or receive messages, group ingress rules, owner detection, and behavior in self-chat mode.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #7269: \[Question\] Whatsapp groups and require_mention: true, only reply to allowed users

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53623: feat(gateway): WhatsApp group authz + owner detection + reactions (fixes #7269)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#53348`, `#3636`, `#11597`, `#15413`
  - files: `gateway/authz_mixin.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_cloud.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_common.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.js`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_shared_group_sender_prefix.py`, `tests/gateway/test_whatsapp_group_gating.py`
- **#73465: fix(whatsapp): honor group ingress policy in bridge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8925c70a1c`, `769610b2fd`

## Fix status

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