# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram bot token format validation at gateway setup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern adding or fixing validation of the Telegram bot token format during the gateway setup process. Two fix PRs and one bug report address the same specific validation gap.

## 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 #10613. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #10613 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #9843: bug: gateway setup does not validate Telegram bot token format

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#10613: fix: validate Telegram bot token format during gateway setup (#9964)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/setup.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `hermes_cli/setup.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -1611,9 +1611,19 @@ def _setup_telegram():
                 return
     
         print_info("Create a bot via @BotFather on Telegram")
    -    token = [redacted:secret-assignment]"Telegram bot token", password=True)
    -    if not token:
    -        return
    +    import re
    +
    +    while True:
    +        token = [redacted:secret-assignment]"Telegram bot token", password=True)
    +        if not token:
    +            return
    +        if not re.match(r"^\d+:[A-Za-z0-9_-]{30,}$", token):
    +            print_error(
    +                "Invalid token format. Expected: <numeric_id>:<alphanumeric_hash> "
    +                "(e.g., 123456789:ABCdefGHI-jklMNOpqrSTUvwxYZ)"
    +            )
    +            continue
    +        break
         save_env_value("TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN", token)
         print_success("Telegram token saved")
     
    ```
- **#9964: fix: validate Telegram bot token format during gateway setup (#9843)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#10613`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #10613 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-16`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.