# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Photon native poll vote fixes and improvements

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #80824: \[Bug\]: Photon native poll vote can leave clarify unresolved when poll title is empty
- PR #108636: fix(photon): preserve native iMessage poll votes
- PR #133614: fix(photon): bind native poll votes to their clarify, show the question, report totals

These items address bugs and fixes related to native iMessage poll vote handling in Photon, including preserving votes, resolving edge cases with empty poll titles, and correctly binding votes to their context while displaying questions and totals.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80824: \[Bug\]: Photon native poll vote can leave clarify unresolved when poll title is empty

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#108636: fix(photon): preserve native iMessage poll votes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7025cd82be4e`, `#76176`
  - files: `.github/workflows/js-tests.yml`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/patch-spectrum-mixed-attachments.mjs`, `scripts/ci/classify_changes.py`, `tests/ci/test_classify_changes.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/spectrum-poll.test.mjs`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_clarify.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_spectrum_patch.py`
- **#133614: fix(photon): bind native poll votes to their clarify, show the question, report totals**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f1c638965a`, `cfc88bb0589f951d4c0240a902c87316aaaf37b9`, `31b285eb9d2abbc171d37c6cd0d526f0177e021a`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/photon/README.md`, `plugins/platforms/photon/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/index.mjs`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/patch-spectrum-mixed-attachments.mjs`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/poll-seeds.mjs`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar/poll-votes.mjs`, `plugins/platforms/photon/sidecar_paths.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_clarify.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_recovery.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_seed_safety.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_sending.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_poll_votes.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_runtime_record.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_sidecar_lifecycle.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_sidecar_paths.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/photon/test_spectrum_patch.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/photon.md`

## Fix status

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