# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram gateway startup hang and log visibility

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where Telegram connection hangs when started via start_gateway() but not via direct GatewayRunner.start(), plus a related fix to promote the connect success log line to WARNING level for terminal visibility.

## 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 #100432. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100432 (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-100432`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #90835: Telegram connect hangs only through gateway.run.start_gateway(); direct GatewayRunner.start() succeeds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100432: fix(telegram): promote connect success line to WARNING so healthy startup is terminal-visible**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_connect_success_visibility.py`
- **#90911: fix: Telegram connect hangs only through gateway.run.start_gateway(); direct GatewayRunner.start() succeeds (closes #90835)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `734c83df6e`, `#90835`, `#97144`, `#98427`, `#19323`, `#37097`, `#41713`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100432 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-01`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`