# NousResearch/hermes-agent · WhatsApp text document MIME type mapping fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #89074: WhatsApp bridge sends .html/.txt/.csv as application/octet-stream ("BIN")
- PR #114408: fix(whatsapp): preserve text document MIME types

These items concern WhatsApp bridge incorrectly sending text-based file types (.html, .txt, .csv) as application/octet-stream instead of their proper MIME types. The work involves mapping these extensions to correct MIME types and preserving them through the bridge.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #89074: WhatsApp bridge sends .html/.txt/.csv as application/octet-stream ("BIN")

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89089: fix(whatsapp): preserve MIME types for text documents**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#27214`
- **#89128: fix(whatsapp): map text, web, and data document extensions to proper MIME types (#89074)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27214`
- **#107747: fix(whatsapp): map html/txt/csv media to their real MIME types**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `26164f6d8f96`, `#27214`, `#89089`, `#89128`
- **#114408: fix(whatsapp): preserve text document MIME types**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge.native.test.mjs`, `scripts/whatsapp-bridge/bridge_helpers.js`

## Fix status

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