# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram transport pool reset and connection leak

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where Telegram's fallback-IP transport bypasses HTTP connection limits causing CLOSE_WAIT socket leaks, and associated corrections to reset the primary transport pool when it enters an error state.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #83044. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83044 (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-83044`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #82920: \[Bug\]: Telegram fallback-IP transport bypasses platform_httpx_limits() — CLOSE_WAIT leak (~18/hr) → EMFILE when no fallback_ips are configured

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83044: fix(telegram): reset failed primary transport pool**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/telegram_network.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_closewait_limits_31599.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_fallback_pool_release_71593.py`
- **#83001: fix(telegram): reset failed primary transport pool**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83044`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83044 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-10`.