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# Has Pending Messages • AI Agent SDK

> has_pending_messages: Check if there are pending steering messages.

# has\_pending\_messages

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> This is a method of the [**MessageSteeringProtocol**](../classes/MessageSteeringProtocol) class in the [**protocols**](../modules/protocols) module.

Check if there are pending steering messages.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def has_pending_messages() -> bool
```

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="bool">
  True if messages are pending, False otherwise
</ResponseField>

## Source

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  `praisonaiagents/agent/protocols.py` at line 527
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