# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bump brotlicffi to fix chunked Brotli decoding errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all address a Brotli decoding error on chunked/streamed responses by bumping the brotlicffi dependency from 1.2.0.1 to 1.2.0.2. The changes are closely related, appearing to be parallel or iterative attempts at the same dependency update and fix.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104905. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104905 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-104905`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #104105: Bump brotlicffi pin 1.2.0.1 -> 1.2.0.2 (fixes httpx DecodingError on chunked brotli responses)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104905: fix: streamed Brotli responses no longer fail decoding (#104105, salvage #104112)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `pyproject.toml`, `tools/lazy_deps.py`
- **#104112: fix(deps): bump brotlicffi 1.2.0.1 -> 1.2.0.2 (chunked brotli streaming DecodingError)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9fc80ac70f`, `#104905`
- **#104146: deps: bump brotlicffi 1.2.0.1 -> 1.2.0.2 (fixes brotli decode errors on chunked streams)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104112`, `#104105`
- **#104665: fix(deps): bump brotlicffi 1.2.0.1 -> 1.2.0.2 (#104105)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#104112`, `#104105`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104905 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.