We discuss the characterization of gauge-symmetric functions in the Heisenberg group via various geometric prescriptions on their level sets. In this talk we mainly focus on a family of overdetermined boundary value problems of Serrin type which exhibit both similarities and differences with respect to the classical symmetry result for the torsion function. We show uniqueness results for gauge balls under suitable partial symmetry assumptions for the class of competitor sets. The main technical tool is a new Bochner-type identity for functions with toric/cylindrical invariances. This is a joint project with V. Martino.