# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling conflict retry and recovery fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing Telegram 409 polling conflict errors, including retry loop behavior, backoff preservation, stale session cleanup, and gateway reconnection handling. Related instrumentation and SQLite warning issues are also touched.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #78344. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #78344 (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-78344`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.25`: 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

- #75017: Telegram polling conflict: self-perpetuating retry loop from drop_pending_updates=False

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55905: fix(telegram): recover when polling updater stops while process stays alive (#55769)**. merged to main · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#78344: fix(telegram+sqlite): resolve polling conflict loop + misleading WAL warning**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_state.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_conflict.py`
- **#2297: fix(gateway): retry Telegram 409 polling conflicts before giving up**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#2312`
- **#25232: fix(gateway): route conflict-retry start_polling failure to reconnect ladder**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f260aa6dc0fd6ecafb36964c33a39276fdd8da0a`
- **#64506: fix(telegram): instrument getUpdates request via subclass re-tag, not slotted attr (#64482)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#64574`
- **#75073: fix(telegram): clear stale polling sessions on conflict retry**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#75096: fix(telegram): preserve conflict retry backoff after transient progress**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78344`, `#75073`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #78344 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-04`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`