# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix contradictory reasoning flags when caller disables thinking

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where disabling thinking at the caller level could still result in a reasoning effort parameter being sent alongside it, producing contradictory API requests. The fixes suppress task-level reasoning configuration when the caller has turned thinking off.

## 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 #114869. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114869 (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-114869`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114020: bug(aux): caller thinking-off + task reasoning_effort produce contradictory request on profiles overriding build_api_kwargs_extras (HTTP 400)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114869: fix(aux): caller thinking-off no longer ships beside a task reasoning.effort on custom profiles (#114020, salvage #114022)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#114022: fix(aux): suppress task reasoning after caller disables it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ab6f36613a9`, `#114869`, `#114020`, `#114022`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114869 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.