# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Suppress reasoning content echoed as visible answers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #109664: \[Bug\]: reasoning-equivalent provider content is streamed and persisted as a valid final answer
- PR #113651: fix(agent): reject reasoning echoed as visible content in chat streams

These items address a bug where reasoning-equivalent content from providers was incorrectly streamed and persisted as a valid final answer. The fix rejects or suppresses such duplicated reasoning content at streaming and persistence boundaries.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #109664: \[Bug\]: reasoning-equivalent provider content is streamed and persisted as a valid final answer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109702: fix(agent): suppress reasoning-duplicate provider content at streaming and persistence boundaries (#109664)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#113651: fix(agent): reject reasoning echoed as visible content in chat streams**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#109664`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_chat_stream_reasoning_echo.py`

## Fix status

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