# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix dedup silently blocking explicit media resend requests

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where session-wide media deduplication silently suppresses explicit user requests to resend an image. Multiple fix attempts address preserving intentional resend requests from being swallowed by the dedup logic.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #74495. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #74495 (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-74495`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #73771: Session-wide MEDIA: dedup silently swallows explicit "send it again" requests

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74495: fix(gateway): deliver explicit MEDIA resends past session-wide history dedup (salvage #74158)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_73771_media_resend_dedup.py`
- **#73787: fix(gateway): preserve explicit send-image requests from session-wide MEDIA dedup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#73283`, `#69280`, `#73428`, `#73444`
- **#74158: fix(gateway): preserve explicit send-image requests from session-wide MEDIA dedup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#74495`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #74495 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-30`.