NousResearch/hermes-agent

Peer DM timeout misclassified as unreachable peer

Cluster 113099. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116885 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #116885. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and fixes address a bug where a timed-out peer direct message is incorrectly reported as the peer being unreachable, rather than as a slow or still-running response. This misclassification can cause the sender to resend a message that was already delivered.

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  • #116885 fix(peer): a timed-out peer DM says the turn was accepted and is still running, not that the peer is unreachable (#113099, salvage #113102)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/subcommands/peer.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_peer_dm_reporting.py, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #113102 fix(peer): a timed-out peer DM is a slow answer, not an unreachable peer · done elsewhere → #116885, #113099
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113099A timed-out peer DM is reported as an unreachable peer, so the sender resends an already-delivered message
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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#116885
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20 Sep 2026

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