# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord adapter sending empty outbound messages

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #73446: Discord adapter sends empty content to the API (400 / error code 50006) instead of dropping it

These items concern a bug where the Discord adapter sends empty messages to the API, resulting in a 400 error (code 50006), and a fix to reject or drop such messages before they are sent.

## 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 #78815. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #78815 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73446: Discord adapter sends empty content to the API (400 / error code 50006) instead of dropping it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78815: Discord drops an empty outbound message instead of sending it**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_send.py`
- **#73449: fix(discord): reject empty outbound messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78815`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #78815 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-04`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`