# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram polling silent death and watchdog fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a bug where Telegram long-polling stops receiving updates silently after connecting, and work toward a watchdog mechanism to detect and recover from this wedged state without requiring a full restart.

## 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 #93443. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93443 (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-93443`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92991: \[Bug\]: Windows gateway - Telegram polling dies silently minutes after connect; only full restart recovers it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93443: Wedged Telegram polling now self-heals instead of going silently deaf (#92991, salvage #93185)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_polling_stall_watchdog.py`
- **#93185: fix(telegram): watchdog silent long-poll death via last getUpdates progress**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `bf15b050b`, `#93443`, `#70096`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93443 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.