Two coordinated changes that unblock downstream audio pipelines
(diarization, custom transcription, archival) on attachments larger
than the public Bot API's 20MB getFile ceiling.
- `stt.enabled: false` no longer drops voice/audio with a generic
"transcription disabled" note. The gateway probes the cached file's
duration (wave → mutagen → ffprobe ladder) and surfaces
`[The user sent a voice message: <abs path> (duration: M:SS)]` to
the agent so a skill or tool can pick up the raw file. The previous
placeholder is replaced rather than appended when present.
- `platforms.telegram.extra.base_url` set → adapter auto-lifts its
document size cap from 20MB to 2GB (the local telegram-bot-api
`--local` ceiling) and the "too large" reply reports the active
limit dynamically. No new config knob; presence of `base_url` is the
opt-in.
- `platforms.telegram.extra.local_mode: true` wires
`Application.builder().local_mode(True)` on the python-telegram-bot
builder. PTB then reads files from disk instead of HTTP, which is
required when telegram-bot-api runs in `--local` mode (the server
returns absolute filesystem paths, not `/file/bot...` URLs).
- gateway/run.py: rewrites the `stt.enabled: false` branch of
`_enrich_message_with_transcription`. New `_format_duration` +
`_probe_audio_duration` helpers.
- gateway/platforms/telegram.py: `_max_doc_bytes` instance attribute
derived from `extra.base_url`; `local_mode` builder wiring;
dynamic "too large" message.
- tests/gateway/test_stt_config.py: covers path-surfacing with and
without an existing user message, and placeholder replacement.
- tests/gateway/test_telegram_max_doc_bytes.py: 3 cases — default 20MB
without base_url, 2GB when set, empty-string base_url keeps default.
- website/docs/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md: new "Skipping STT"
subsection under Voice Messages and a full "Large Files (>20MB) via
Local Bot API Server" walkthrough (api_id/api_hash, docker-compose,
one-time `logOut` migration, `platforms.telegram.extra` config, the
`local_mode` disk-access requirement, the silent HTTP-fallback 404).
- website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md: documents the
`stt.enabled` knob in the config reference.
- `pytest tests/gateway/test_telegram_max_doc_bytes.py
tests/gateway/test_stt_config.py` → 9/9 passing.
- Verified end-to-end on a live deployment: gateway log shows
`Using custom Telegram base_url: http://...` and
`Using Telegram local_mode (read files from disk)` on startup;
voice messages above 20MB cache to disk and surface their path to
the agent.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
When a DM topic lane's message_thread_id is rejected by Telegram
(e.g. stale or deleted topic), send_typing now falls back to sending
the typing indicator without thread_id so it at least appears in the
main DM view, rather than being silently swallowed.
Also adds test for the fallback behavior.
When context compression triggers a mid-turn session split, source.thread_id
can be None on synthetic/recovered events. _thread_metadata_for_source then
returns None, causing the Telegram adapter to send with no message_thread_id
and the response lands in the General thread instead of the active DM topic.
Fix:
- hermes_state.py: Add get_telegram_topic_binding_by_session() for reverse
lookup by session_id (enabled by the existing UNIQUE INDEX on session_id).
- gateway/run.py: After session-split detection, if source is a Telegram DM
and source.thread_id is None, recover it from the binding via the new
method so _thread_metadata_for_source produces the correct thread routing.
- tests/: Coverage for the new lookup method and the recovery flow.
When Hermes auto-titles a session in a Telegram DM topic it currently
renames the topic itself to the generated title. That works for
operator-managed lanes (extra.dm_topics) but is disruptive for
ad-hoc Threaded-Mode topics that users name by hand — every first
exchange overwrites their chosen title.
Add gateway.platforms.telegram.extra.disable_topic_auto_rename (default
False, preserving prior behaviour). When set, both
_schedule_telegram_topic_title_rename and the underlying
_rename_telegram_topic_for_session_title short-circuit before touching
the Telegram API. Internal session titles (sessions list, TUI) keep
working unchanged.
Also bridge the legacy top-level telegram.disable_topic_auto_rename key
through to gateway.platforms.telegram.extra so users on the older
config layout don't have to migrate to enable it.
- Tests cover the runtime flag, the scheduling entry-point, and string
truthiness coercion for YAML-loaded values.
- Docs updated in messaging/telegram.md with an example block.
When Telegram topic mode is enabled, cron messages delivered to the bot's
root DM (TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL without a thread id) land in the system
lobby — replies there are rebuffed with the lobby reminder and
reply_to_message_id is dropped, so users cannot interact with the cron
output (#24409).
Add an optional TELEGRAM_CRON_THREAD_ID env var that overrides
TELEGRAM_HOME_CHANNEL_THREAD_ID for cron deliveries only. Operators can
create a "Cron" forum topic in the DM, point this var at its thread id,
and replies to cron messages will land in that topic's existing session
instead of the lobby. The home-channel thread id (used elsewhere, e.g.
restart notifications) is unchanged, and explicit
deliver="telegram:chat:thread" targets continue to win over the env var.
Per the reporter's clarification on 2026-05-13, option (a) (cron-side
route to a dedicated topic + config knob) was chosen.
Fixes#24409
Register Telegram bot commands across default, private, and group scopes so
the slash-command menu is available outside DMs.
Changes from review feedback:
- Add asyncio.Lock to prevent race condition in _ensure_forum_commands
- Extract MAX_COMMANDS_PER_SCOPE constant (30) to avoid magic number
- Upgrade error logging from debug->warning in forum registration
- Add tests covering lazy forum registration and concurrent safety
- Remove /start handler from this PR (separate feature)
Fixes review: needs_work (race, magic number, log levels, missing tests)
Three tests covering the #27012 fix:
- test_is_thread_not_found_matches_expected_errors
- test_text_send_retries_without_thread_id_on_thread_not_found
- test_disable_web_page_preview_not_leaked_to_media_sends
116/116 existing tests still pass (no regressions).
Topic-mode DM replies were fragmenting one conversation across many sessions: a Reply on a message in another topic delivered Telegram's message_thread_id for *that* topic, and #3206's strip routed plain replies to the lobby. Both pulled the user away from their current session. Fix: when topic mode is on, rewrite source.thread_id to the user's most-recent binding if the inbound id is missing/General or not a known topic. Non-topic-mode users unchanged.
send_slash_confirm() sent the raw command preview with ParseMode.MARKDOWN,
skipping the format_message() conversion applied to every other dynamic
send in the adapter. Commands with underscores, dots, brackets, or other
MarkdownV2-sensitive characters raised BadRequest: Can't parse entities;
the exception was swallowed by the outer try/except, so the confirmation
prompt silently never appeared.
Fix: wrap preview through format_message() and switch to MARKDOWN_V2,
symmetric with send_update_prompt and the callback sends fixed in
a69404052.
In Telegram "important" notifications mode (default), TelegramPlatformAdapter
sets ``disable_notification=True`` on every send unless metadata carries
``notify=True``. GatewayRunner._send_voice_reply already passes thread
metadata through to ``adapter.send_voice``, but never marks the final
auto-TTS voice reply as notify-worthy — so users with the default mode get
the final voice note delivered silently with no push notification.
Mirror the final-text path in gateway/platforms/base.py (the existing
text-response final send already adds ``metadata["notify"] = True``).
Issue #27970 Bug 2. Bug 1 (MP3 vs. native OGG voice-note) is being
addressed by existing PRs #20182 / #20878 — this PR is intentionally
scoped to the silent-delivery bug only.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The text /approve and /deny paths in gateway/run.py call
resume_typing_for_chat() after resolve_gateway_approval() succeeds, but
the Telegram inline-button (ea:*) callback in _handle_callback_query did
not. Typing is paused when the approval is sent (gateway/run.py:15658),
so without a matching resume the typing indicator stayed gone for the
remainder of a long-running turn after a button click.
Symmetry-match the text path: after a successful resolve, call
self.resume_typing_for_chat(str(query_chat_id)). Guarded by count > 0
to match /approve's "if not count" early-return — if nothing was
actually resolved, the agent thread was never unblocked, so typing
should remain paused.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
After PR #24468 made the empty-allowlist callback auth fail-closed
(and #23795 wired _is_callback_user_authorized into _should_process_message),
trigger-gating tests started failing because their fake messages from
user 111 hit the new deny-by-default path before trigger evaluation.
Force-authorize all senders in _make_adapter() so the trigger logic
under test runs. The fail-closed behavior itself is covered by
test_telegram_callback_auth_fail_closed.py.
The _is_callback_user_authorized fallback returned True when
TELEGRAM_ALLOWED_USERS was not set, allowing any Telegram user
to interact with the bot. Change to fail-closed: deny by default
unless GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true is explicitly set.
Fixes#24457
Background-process completion notifications (notify_on_complete) and
watch-pattern notifications were always delivered to the Telegram main
chat instead of the originating private-chat topic.
Hermes-created Telegram DM topic lanes only render a send when it carries
both message_thread_id and a reply anchor. The synthetic MessageEvent
injected on process completion had no message_id, so _reply_anchor_for_event
returned None and _thread_kwargs_for_send dropped message_thread_id
entirely — routing the notification to the main chat.
Capture the triggering message id at spawn time and thread it through to
the synthetic event so it can be reply-anchored back into the topic:
- session_context: add HERMES_SESSION_MESSAGE_ID context var
- telegram adapter: populate SessionSource.message_id on inbound messages
- terminal tool: persist watcher_message_id on the process session
- process registry: carry/persist message_id on watcher dicts + checkpoint
- gateway: set MessageEvent.message_id on injected notifications
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
When edit_message_text fails with a transient error (httpx.ConnectError,
NetworkError, server disconnected, timeouts), the progress-message sender
must not permanently set can_edit = False — that would convert a single
Telegram network hiccup into separate per-tool bubbles for the rest of the run.
Changes:
- gateway/platforms/telegram.py: edit_message now returns retryable=True for
transient network errors (ConnectError, NetworkError, timeouts, server
disconnects, temporarily unavailable). Permanent failures (flood control,
message-not-found, permissions) remain retryable=False.
- gateway/run.py: send_progress_messages checks result.retryable before
setting can_edit = False. Transient failures skip the fallback-send and
continue — the next edit cycle catches up with the accumulated lines.
Permanent failures (flood, message-not-found, etc.) still disable editing.
Tests: 22 new tests in test_telegram_progress_edit_transient.py covering
transient vs permanent error classification, SendResult.retryable semantics,
and the can_edit decision logic.
Fixes#27828
Four kanban dashboard test failures, all from PR salvages that picked up
the test additions but dropped the corresponding implementations.
- BOARD_COLUMNS: add 'review' (status added by PR f55d94a1e but the
board API never grew the column → test_board_empty failed because
VALID_STATUSES - {archived} mismatched the rendered columns).
- update_task: enrich the 'ready' 409 detail with the blocking parent
list (id, title, status) and add _parents_blocking_ready helper.
Implementation lost in the #26744 salvage (commit e215558ba) which
pinned the test but not the server-side code.
- dist/index.js: add parseApiErrorMessage helper, wire it through the
drag/drop banner, add patchErr state to the TaskDrawer and surface
it inline by the action row. Lost in the same #26744 salvage.
- test_diagnostics_endpoint_severity_filter: update to at-or-above
semantics (PR a94ddd807 changed the filter from exact-match so the
warning filter now correctly includes error+critical too).
When the send_message tool runs outside the gateway process (agent loop,
TUI, cron, etc.), _gateway_runner_ref() returns None and the standalone
path in _send_telegram constructs Bot(token=token) directly, bypassing
any configured proxy. In regions where api.telegram.org is blocked, the
send times out after ~5s with 'Telegram send failed: Timed out' and
nothing ever shows up in gateway.log because the request never reaches
the gateway.
Resolve TELEGRAM_PROXY (via gateway.platforms.base.resolve_proxy_url,
which also honours HTTPS_PROXY/HTTP_PROXY/ALL_PROXY and NO_PROXY) just
before constructing the Bot. When a proxy is found, attach an
HTTPXRequest(proxy=...) for both 'request' and 'get_updates_request',
matching what gateway/platforms/telegram.py already does for in-gateway
sends and what the Discord standalone sender already does. Any
exception attaching the proxy falls back cleanly to a direct connection,
preserving prior behaviour for users without a proxy configured.
Adds tests/tools/test_send_message_telegram_proxy.py covering both the
proxy-configured and no-proxy cases.
Telegram distinguishes three kinds of audio payloads:
- message.voice → Opus/OGG voice messages → STT pipeline ✓
- message.audio → audio file attachments → bypasses STT ← was broken
- message.document (audio mime) → generic file route
**Root cause** — the inbound message routing block in gateway/run.py
matched both MessageType.VOICE *and* MessageType.AUDIO into audio_paths,
which were then fed unconditionally to _enrich_message_with_transcription.
Audio file attachments (.mp3, .m4a, etc.) were therefore auto-transcribed
instead of being treated as files, making the transcribe skill unusable
from Telegram because the path it needed was never surfaced.
**Fix**
- Introduce a new audio_file_paths list populated exclusively by
MessageType.AUDIO events.
- Narrow the audio_paths selector to MessageType.VOICE (and bare
audio/ mime-type events that are not explicitly AUDIO or DOCUMENT).
- After the STT block, inject a document-style context note for each
audio_file_path, giving the agent the file path and asking what to do
with it (consistent with how plain documents are handled).
**Tests** — 5 new tests in test_telegram_audio_vs_voice.py:
- voice message still transcribed (regression guard)
- audio attachment skips STT (core fix)
- audio attachment context note format
- STT disabled still produces file note (not STT-disabled notice)
- MessageType.AUDIO != MessageType.VOICE sanity check
Fixes#24870
The DM topic reply fallback code in send() hardcoded should_thread=True
when telegram_dm_topic_reply_fallback metadata was present, bypassing
_should_thread_reply() and ignoring reply_to_mode config. This caused
quote bubbles on every response even with reply_to_mode: 'off'.
Fix:
- Add reply_to_mode param to _reply_to_message_id_for_send() and
_thread_kwargs_for_send() classmethods
- In send(), check self._reply_to_mode != 'off' for DM topic fallback
- Suppress reply anchor and reply_to_message_id when mode is 'off'
while preserving message_thread_id for correct topic routing
- Thread reply_to_mode through all 29 call sites
Regression coverage: 10 new tests in test_telegram_reply_mode.py
covering classmethod behavior, send() integration, and backward
compatibility.
Fixes reply_to_mode: 'off' ignored by Telegram DM topic reply fallback code #23994
When Telegram clarify prompts offer long choices, mobile clients
truncate the inline button labels, making options unreadable.
Previously only the question was shown in the message body with
truncated choice text in button labels.
Fix: append the full numbered option list to the message body
so users can read complete choice text on any client. Buttons
now use short numeric labels (1, 2, ...) to avoid Telegram
truncation. The 'Other (type answer)' button is unchanged.
Long choice labels are now rendered in full (not truncated to
57 chars + '...') since they appear in the body instead of
button labels.
Closes: #27497
- aux_config: drop session_search from _AUX_TASKS and remove stale test
(PR #27590 removed auxiliary.session_search from DEFAULT_CONFIG)
- compression_boundary_hook: set compressor._last_compress_aborted=False
on MagicMock so the post-compress abort branch (PR #28117) doesn't
short-circuit before the session-id rotation under test
- kanban_dashboard_plugin: use consecutive_failures=3 so severity stays
'error' (failure_threshold default dropped from 3 to 2 in d9fef0c8a,
so failures=5 now crosses the critical floor of 2*2=4)
- cli_manual_compress: accept force kwarg on DummyAgent._compress_context
(cli._manual_compress now passes force=True)
Salvages #28125 by @Jpalmer95. Adds:
- Drag-to-delete trash zone in the kanban dashboard
- Bulk delete endpoint with cascading delete_task cleanup
- Frontend updates (drag visual + drop handler)
- Confirmation prompt before delete
Resolved end-of-file test conflict by appending both halves.
Salvages #24533 by @roycepersonalassistant. Adds a first-class
'scheduled' Kanban status for time-delay follow-ups that aren't
waiting on human input.
- hermes kanban schedule <task_id> [reason] CLI command
- Dashboard/API transitions to/from Scheduled
- unblock_task() now releases both 'blocked' AND 'scheduled' tasks
(re-checking parent dependencies before moving to ready/todo)
- i18n + docs updates
Resolved conflicts: kept HEAD's failure-counter reset on unblock
alongside the PR's scheduled state, kept HEAD's 'running' direct-set
rejection, combined both bulk-status branches. Dropped the dist/
bundle changes (months-stale; would need rebuild from source).
Skill bundles are tiny YAML files in ~/.hermes/skill-bundles/ that
group several skills under one slash command. Invoking /<bundle-name>
from any surface (CLI, TUI, dashboard, any gateway platform) loads
every referenced skill into a single combined user message.
Use cases:
- /backend-dev → loads github-code-review + test-driven-development
+ github-pr-workflow as one bundle.
- /research → loads several research skills together.
- Team task profiles shared via dotfiles.
Behavior:
- Bundles take precedence over individual skills when slugs collide.
- Missing skills are skipped with a note, not fatal.
- No system-prompt mutation — bundles generate a fresh user message
at invocation time, the same way /<skill> does. Prompt cache stays
intact.
- Works in CLI dispatch, gateway dispatch, autocomplete (CLI + TUI),
/help display.
Schema (~/.hermes/skill-bundles/<slug>.yaml):
name: backend-dev
description: Backend feature work.
skills:
- github-code-review
- test-driven-development
instruction: |
Optional extra guidance prepended to the loaded skills.
New module: agent/skill_bundles.py — load, scan, resolve, build
invocation message, save, delete. yaml.safe_load only; broken
bundles log a warning and are skipped, never raise.
New CLI subcommand: hermes bundles {list,show,create,delete,reload}.
Implementation in hermes_cli/bundles.py; wired in hermes_cli/main.py.
'bundles' added to _BUILTIN_SUBCOMMANDS so plugin discovery skips it.
New in-session slash command: /bundles lists installed bundles in
both CLI and gateway. /<bundle-name> dispatch added to CLI (cli.py)
and gateway (gateway/run.py) before the existing /<skill-name> path.
Autocomplete: SlashCommandCompleter gained an optional
skill_bundles_provider parameter that defaults to None — the prompt
shows '▣ <description> (N skills)' for bundles vs '⚡' for skills.
Tests:
- tests/agent/test_skill_bundles.py — 33 tests covering slugify,
scan/cache freshness, resolve (including underscore→hyphen
Telegram alias), build_bundle_invocation_message (loading, missing
skills, user/bundle instruction injection, dedup), save/delete,
reload diff, list sort.
- tests/hermes_cli/test_bundles.py — 8 tests for the CLI
subcommand (create/list/show/delete/reload, --force, missing
bundle errors).
- tests/gateway/test_bundles_command.py — 4 tests for the gateway
handler and bundle resolution priority.
Live E2E: verified subprocess invocations of hermes bundles
{list,create,show,reload,delete} round-trip correctly against an
isolated HERMES_HOME.
Docs:
- website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md — new 'Skill Bundles'
section with quick example, YAML schema, management commands,
behavior notes.
- website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md — 'hermes bundles' added to
the top-level command table and given its own subcommand section.
