NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix reasoning-only stops leaking chain-of-thought text

Cluster 114082. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #133729 on 6 Oct 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where a reasoning model that stops with empty content incorrectly exposes its internal chain-of-thought as the final reply. The fix prevents that private reasoning channel from being promoted verbatim into the user-facing response.

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#133729 fix(agent): a reasoning model's private chain-of-thought is no longer shown as the reply when it stops with empty content (#114082, salvage #112833)

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files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/reasoning_promotion.py, agent/turn_empty_response.py, agent/turn_failure_copy.py, agent/turn_final_response.py, tests/agent/test_empty_terminal_reasoning_surface.py, tests/agent/test_reasoning_only_stop_persistence.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuring-models.md

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#114085 fix(agent): recover corrupted reasoning-only stops · superseded by another PR → #133729, #111761, #114082

Closed issues · 1

Closed#114082[Bug]: Reasoning-only "clean stop" promotes the reasoning channel verbatim into the final response — degenerate reasoning reaches the user as garbled text

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Merged PRs: #133729
Closed issues: 1
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Fix link checked: 6 Oct 2026

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