NousResearch/hermes-agent

Handle provider errors without losing context or work

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116353 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and fixes address how transient provider outages, overload errors, and summary failures are handled, aiming to preserve conversation context and avoid interrupting ongoing agent work. The themes span retry/fallback behavior, transcript safety during compression, and user-visible error handling across interfaces.

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  • #115906 fix(compression): overloaded summary provider no longer wipes the transcript with a fallback summary (#107307, salvage #107325)

    merged to main

    files: agent/context_compressor.py, agent/conversation_compression.py, tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py, website/docs/developer-guide/context-compression-and-caching.md

  • #116353 Transient provider outages no longer end the turn: bounded auto-recovery ladder after retries and fallback, visible on CLI/TUI/gateway/API/cron (#85426, #107307)

    merged to main

    files: agent/AGENTS.md, agent/agent_init.py, agent/turn_api_error.py, agent/turn_recovery_autorecover.py, agent/turn_retry_state.py, cli-config.yaml.example, gateway/platforms/api_server.py, gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, tests/agent/test_turn_recovery_autorecover.py, tests/agent/test_turn_retry_state.py, tests/gateway/test_api_server_status_stream.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #107325 fix(agent): preserve context when summary provider overloads · merged via another change → 4c4b0b7, #115906, #107307, #107325
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#107307[Help needed] Codex provider errors on Pro Full and Pro Light interrupt Hermes work
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#115906, #116353
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19 Sep 2026

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