# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent failure state not surfaced in responses API

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #102921: \[Bug\]: /v1/responses returns provider failures as successful assistant messages (status hardcoded to "completed") — #22496 fixed only chat/completions
- PR #102939: fix(api_server): surface /v1/responses agent failures as 502, not completed

A bug where the /v1/responses endpoint returns provider or agent failures as successful completed messages rather than exposing the failure state. Fixes cover both response status and HTTP error codes for non-streaming responses.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #102921: \[Bug\]: /v1/responses returns provider failures as successful assistant messages (status hardcoded to "completed") — #22496 fixed only chat/completions

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102939: fix(api_server): surface /v1/responses agent failures as 502, not completed**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`
- **#103676: fix(api): surface agent failure state on non-streaming responses (fixes #102921)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#102939`

## Fix status

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