# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tool boundary preamble fragmentation fixes in gateway

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes relate to a gateway bug where accumulated tool progress is incorrectly split or fragmented at tool boundaries, including during hot-reloaded adapters and transient previews. The work focuses on preserving progress continuity across these boundaries.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121694. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121694 (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-121694`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #99026: \[Bug\]: Telegram draft boundaries split accumulated tool progress into one message per tool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121694: fix(gateway): survive hot-reloaded adapters and stop tool-boundary preambles fragmenting progress (#72628, #99026)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/stream_consumer.py`, `gateway/stream_consumer_transport.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer_draft.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer_hot_reload.py`
- **#99046: fix(gateway): gate sub-floor preamble finalizes on tool boundaries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a7c44e9ede`, `#121694`, `#99026`
- **#99073: fix(gateway): preserve progress across transient previews**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `a7c44e9ede`, `#121694`, `#99026`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121694 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.