# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Send target resolution and a2a routing bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #78396: bug(send): hermes send cannot deliver to a2a targets (misleading 'No home channel set' despite resolvable channel)
- PR #78397: fix(a2a): recognize a2a chat ids in send_message target parsing
- PR #80743: fix(tools): reject unresolved explicit send targets instead of silently using the home channel

These items address bugs in send/message routing where unresolved or a2a targets were mishandled—either silently falling back to the home channel or failing to recognize a2a chat IDs during target parsing.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #78396: bug(send): hermes send cannot deliver to a2a targets (misleading 'No home channel set' despite resolvable channel)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78397: fix(a2a): recognize a2a chat ids in send_message target parsing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/__init__.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_plugin.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_target_parse.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#80743: fix(tools): reject unresolved explicit send targets instead of silently using the home channel**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b6e42ed74ca94b1fa0aaed4b70ab34740d0d941b`, `71dc211b9e7846dcd55144b7f92bde5fe23c1c1a`, `#78396`, `#78397`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_target_parse.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

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