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delegate_task timeout handling and config fixes

Cluster 105628 · hermes cli. Data as of

1 open item. Fix attempted, not merged.

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These items address a bug where a generic 420-second tool deadline incorrectly preempts delegation child timeouts, causing orphaned child tasks, along with related fixes to nested orchestrator result delivery and a CLI config validation issue with timeout keys.

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Open PRs1

  • PR#105653fix(cli): stop flagging documented timeouts.* keys as unrecognized in config set

Fixes on record

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  • #103486 fix(delegate): nested orchestrators get their workers' results back — delegate_task exempt from the 420 s tool deadline; summary budget uses current prompt, not the session sum

    merged to main

    files: agent/tool_executor.py, agent/turn_usage.py, tests/agent/test_sequential_deadline_delegate_exempt.py, tests/tools/test_delegate_summary_budget.py, tools/delegate_tool_results.py

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#105628Cron/oneshot delegate_task: generic 420s tool deadline preempts delegation.child_timeout_seconds, orphaning a token-spending child
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