# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Empty stream retry instead of silent empty step

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112513: fix(agent): retry undelivered empty partial streams

These issues and fixes address a bug where a stream that dies before producing any visible text is silently treated as a completed empty step, causing the model to repeat the lost action. The fix ensures such undelivered empty streams are retried rather than passed through as empty turns.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113135. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113135 (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-113135`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
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## Closed / duplicate issues

- #112419: \[Bug\]: Empty partial-stream stub (0 chars recovered) lets the turn continue as if nothing happened — model repeats the lost action

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113135: fix(streaming): a stream that dies before any visible text is retried, not turned into an empty step the model repeats (#112419, supersedes #112513, #112421)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_direct_contexts_stream_inline.py`, `tests/agent/test_request_client_reuse_abort_races.py`, `tests/agent/test_streaming.py`
- **#112421: fix(agent): re-evaluate empty partial streams**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113135`, `#112421`
- **#112513: fix(agent): retry undelivered empty partial streams**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#113135`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/turn_truncation.py`, `tests/agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py`, `tests/agent/test_streaming.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113135 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent`