# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling conflict retry state persistence

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #82303: Telegram polling conflict counter resets on every retry — infinite (1/5) loop persists in v0.20.0 (follow-up to #58484)
- PR #82327: fix(telegram): preserve conflict retry ladder
- PR #123728: fix(telegram): keep conflict recovery marker until getUpdates progress (#82303)

These members concern a bug where the conflict recovery counter or marker resets on each retry attempt, causing the retry ladder to loop indefinitely rather than progress. The work involves preserving conflict state across retries during Telegram polling.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82303: Telegram polling conflict counter resets on every retry — infinite (1/5) loop persists in v0.20.0 (follow-up to #58484)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82327: fix(telegram): preserve conflict retry ladder**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_conflict.py`
- **#123728: fix(telegram): keep conflict recovery marker until getUpdates progress (#82303)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_conflict.py`

## Fix status

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