# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Anthropic refusal and stop-reason handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where Anthropic-backed agents incorrectly return content_filter refusals for benign prompts, and related work to surface refusal block text and native stop reasons correctly. The fixes also ensure child agents receive their goal only once during delegation.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114829. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114829 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #113689: delegate_task on provider=anthropic returns content_filter for every prompt, including a one-word PONG control; zai works

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114829: fix(delegation): Anthropic child gets its goal once and refusals show stop_details (#113689, salvage #113693, #108682)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/anthropic_adapter.py`, `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/relay_llm.py`, `agent/transports/anthropic.py`, `agent/turn_truncation.py`, `tests/agent/test_content_policy_refusal_stop_details.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_transport.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_progress.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#113699: fix(agent): surface Anthropic refusal block text and native stop reason**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `5a153411febb`, `#114829`, `#113689`, `#113693`, `#108682`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114829 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.