# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway auth refusal incorrectly marked as success

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #81440: \[Bug\]: Discord bot reacts ✅ on messages it rejected for authorization (silent drop looks like success)
- PR #127801: fix(gateway): stop scoring an authorization refusal as success

A bug where the Discord bot reacts with a success indicator (✅) on messages it has silently rejected due to authorization failure. The related fixes address the gateway logic that was scoring authorization refusals as successful turns.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #81440: \[Bug\]: Discord bot reacts ✅ on messages it rejected for authorization (silent drop looks like success)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81446: fix(gateway): stop scoring an authorization refusal as a successful turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#127801: fix(gateway): stop scoring an authorization refusal as success**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `339f9dee65dabe76d211e4401878f1c1d8423fa7`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/event.py`, `gateway/platforms/signal.py`, `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `plugins/platforms/matrix/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/platforms/test_processing_outcome_refusal.py`, `tests/gateway/platforms/test_signal_processing_outcomes.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/matrix/test_processing_outcomes.py`

## Fix status

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