# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix gateway timeout error type preservation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where an empty error string from httpx timeout exceptions caused incorrect error classification in the gateway, potentially leading to duplicate message delivery. The fix preserves the exception type regardless of whether the error string is empty.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #96322. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #96322 (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-96322`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #78183: \[BlueBubbles\] Empty httpx timeout error string defeats _is_timeout_error(), causing duplicate message delivery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96322: fix(gateway): preserve exception type when error string is empty — stop duplicate delivery on httpx timeouts (salvage #78249)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/bluebubbles.py`, `gateway/platforms/qqbot/adapter.py`, `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_cloud.py`, `gateway/platforms/yuanbao.py`, `tests/gateway/test_bluebubbles.py`, `tests/gateway/test_qqbot.py`
- **#78249: fix(gateway): preserve exception type when error string is empty (#78183)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#96322`, `#78183`, `#14061`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #96322 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`