# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Multi-language support for agent stall-guard detector

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #105163: Stall-guard intent detector is English-only, disabling anti-stall for non-English agents
- PR #105172: fix(agent): keep Japanese agents from stopping before tool use
- PR #114138: fix(agent): teach the stall-guard continue-intent detector pt-BR + configurable patterns

These items address the stall-guard continue-intent detector being English-only, causing anti-stall behavior to fail for non-English agents such as Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese. Fixes add language-specific patterns and make the detector configurable.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105163: Stall-guard intent detector is English-only, disabling anti-stall for non-English agents

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105172: fix(agent): keep Japanese agents from stopping before tool use**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_stall_guards.py`
- **#114138: fix(agent): teach the stall-guard continue-intent detector pt-BR + configurable patterns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e83b1d51f1`, `b27b2b1ca6`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `tests/agent/test_stall_guards.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`

## Fix status

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