# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram gateway typing loop metadata bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A cluster of bug reports and fixes centered on crashes and errors in the Telegram gateway's typing loop, specifically around missing metadata support in helper function signatures and DM topic routing. The issues appear to involve a TypeError in \`_keep_typing()\` and related silent process failures.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #849: \[Bug\]: TypeError in _keep_typing() crashes Telegram gateway on incoming messages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#851: fix: accept metadata in gateway helper signatures**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#857: fix(gateway): support threaded metadata in typing loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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