# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix recovered MEDIA delivery missing attachments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #99846: \[Bug\]: recovered delivery obligations can mark MEDIA finals delivered without uploading the attachment
- PR #99855: fix(gateway): honor MEDIA directives when redelivering recovered finals
- PR #99868: fix(gateway): deliver recovered MEDIA attachments, not text-only replays (#99846)

These issues and pull requests address a bug where recovered or redelivered final messages with MEDIA directives could be marked as delivered without the actual media attachment being uploaded or included. Fixes focus on ensuring MEDIA attachments are properly honored during recovery and redelivery flows in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #99846: \[Bug\]: recovered delivery obligations can mark MEDIA finals delivered without uploading the attachment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99855: fix(gateway): honor MEDIA directives when redelivering recovered finals**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery_ledger.py`
- **#99868: fix(gateway): deliver recovered MEDIA attachments, not text-only replays (#99846)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#99855`, `#99846`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery_ledger.py`

## Fix status

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