# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack peer bot identity enforcement and authorization fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #85614: Slack peer bot IDs are required for early delivery but ignored by final bot authorization
- PR #85643: fix(slack): stop identified peer bots from bypassing sender authorization
- PR #89044: fix(slack): enforce exact peer-bot identities

These issues and pull requests address a gap in Slack sender authorization where identified peer bots could bypass or be ignored during final authorization checks. The work focuses on enforcing exact peer-bot identities to close this security gap.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #85614: Slack peer bot IDs are required for early delivery but ignored by final bot authorization

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85643: fix(slack): stop identified peer bots from bypassing sender authorization**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#89044`
  - files: `gateway/authz_mixin.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_bot_auth_bypass.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/slack.md`
- **#89044: fix(slack): enforce exact peer-bot identities**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85643`, `#85614`
  - files: `gateway/authz_mixin.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_exact_bot_policy.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_peer_agent_smoke.py`

## Fix status

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