# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram markdown link handling for unsupported targets

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #97497: \[Bug\]: Telegram exposes malformed Markdown for desktop-only session references
- PR #97514: fix(telegram): degrade unsupported markdown link targets to display text

These issues and PRs concern how the Telegram integration handles markdown links whose targets are unsupported or internal (such as desktop-only session references), with approaches ranging from hiding to degrading them to plain display text.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97497: \[Bug\]: Telegram exposes malformed Markdown for desktop-only session references

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97514: fix(telegram): degrade unsupported markdown link targets to display text**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `96d4486346`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_unsupported_link_targets.py`
- **#97531: fix(gateway/telegram): degrade unsupported and internal session links to plain text (#97497)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97514`, `#97497`
- **#97540: fix(telegram): hide unsupported markdown link targets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97514`

## Fix status

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