# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Buzz adapter @mention lookup and reply dispatch fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the Buzz adapter where \`@mention\` tokens were not being looked up to public keys, causing agent-to-agent pings to encounter errors and replies with unresolvable mentions to be silently dropped. Related fixes also cover forum channel dispatch and agent wake behavior on \`/approve\` replies.

## 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 #99431. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99431 (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-99431`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78797: \[Bug\]: Buzz adapter silently drops replies containing an unresolvable @token (no --mention passed)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99431: fix(buzz): forum channels dispatch, /approve replies wake the agent, and bare names don't (salvages #90314 #75953 #92781 #89751 #82646 #83414)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `plugins/platforms/buzz/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_forum_kinds.py`, `tests/gateway/test_buzz_mention_resolution.py`, `tests/tools/test_send_message_target_parse.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#79477: fix(buzz): recover replies with unresolved mentions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `fc0a10a924ce`, `#99431`
- **#83414: fix(buzz): resolve @mentions to pubkeys so agent-to-agent pings work**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99431`, `#82646`, `#78797`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99431 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`