# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack truncated choice/clarify text display fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78115: \[Bug\]: slack multiple choice questions are unreadable when truncated
- PR #78393: fix(slack): show full choice text above buttons when labels are truncated

These issues and PRs address a bug where multiple choice and clarify option text in Slack messages becomes unreadable when truncated. The work involves showing full text above or alongside truncated button labels.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #78115: \[Bug\]: slack multiple choice questions are unreadable when truncated

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78121: fix(slack): show full clarify option text**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#77547`
- **#78136: fix(slack): show full text for truncated clarify button choices (#78115)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#77547`
- **#78393: fix(slack): show full choice text above buttons when labels are truncated**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#77547`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_clarify_buttons.py`

## Fix status

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