# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent /steer timing and attachment fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #107272: \[Bug\]: /steer sent during image preprocessing is acknowledged but ignored
- PR #107274: fix(agent): keep pre-API /steer off prior-turn tool results
- PR #107276: fix(agent): keep early steer on the active turn

These issues and pull requests address bugs where /steer commands sent before or during early API processing were ignored or incorrectly attached to prior turn tool results rather than the active turn.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #107272: \[Bug\]: /steer sent during image preprocessing is acknowledged but ignored

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107274: fix(agent): keep pre-API /steer off prior-turn tool results**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/turn_iteration_prep.py`, `tests/agent/test_steer.py`
- **#107276: fix(agent): keep early steer on the active turn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#107274`, `#107272`, `#107274`
  - files: `agent/turn_iteration_prep.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_iteration_prep.py`
- **#107284: fix(agent): don't attach a pre-API steer to a prior turn's tool result (#107272)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#107274`, `#107272`, `#107274`

## Fix status

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