# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Mixed fixes: gateway ceiling and tool output routing

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102806: direct_result tool output can become the user-visible reply, bypassing model composition (archive_save/archive_search on Telegram)

Two members address a gateway bug where sys.maxsize was printed as an iteration ceiling; one unrelated member concerns tool output bypassing model composition in a Telegram archive context. These do not share a single coherent theme.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104182. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104182 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102806: direct_result tool output can become the user-visible reply, bypassing model composition (archive_save/archive_search on Telegram)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104182: fix(gateway): status lines no longer print sys.maxsize as the iteration ceiling (#102806, salvage #102817)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/session_activity.py`, `evals/gateway_status_render/iteration_ceiling_ab.py`, `gateway/run_busy.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `tests/agent/test_session_activity.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_session_ack.py`
- **#102817: fix(gateway): stop printing sys.maxsize as an iteration ceiling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `62f353eed56`, `#104182`, `#104154`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104182 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.
- Subsystem: `agent`