# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bypass SDK request transform for auxiliary/summary calls

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a performance issue where auxiliary-client and iteration-limit-summary chat calls were still paying the cost of the SDK request transform, unlike the main loop. The work involves making those calls bypass the transform as well.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #117108. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117108 (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-117108`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #106776: perf(agent): auxiliary-client and summary chat.completions calls still pay the SDK request transform

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117108: Auxiliary-client and iteration-limit-summary chat calls bypass the SDK request transform like the main loop does (#106776, salvage #107034)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_chat_sdk_transform_bypass.py`
- **#107034: perf(agent): bypass chat SDK request transform in auxiliary and summary calls**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ee17fff193`, `#117108`, `#106776`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117108 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.