# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry ladder fix for reasoning_effort 'none' error matching

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the agent's retry logic fails to match the specific 400 error wording returned when a custom OpenAI-compatible provider does not support the 'none' value for reasoning_effort. The fixes aim to correct the pattern matching so requests are retried without reasoning when this error is encountered.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #114885. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114885 (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-114885`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #114460: \[Bug\]: Custom OpenAI-compat provider's reasoning_effort 'none' unsupported 400 wording is not matched by the reasoning-rejection retry ladder

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114885: fix(agent): reversed 'reasoning_effort none unsupported' 400 now retries without reasoning on title generation and the main loop (#114460, salvage #114461)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/error_classifier.py`, `agent/turn_api_error.py`, `agent/turn_recovery.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_parameter_rung_chaining.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_reasoning_disable_recovery.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#114461: fix(agent): match reversed reasoning_effort unsupported wording in retry rung**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `95dee173e7e0`, `#114885`, `#114460`, `#114461`
- **#114593: fix(agent): match reasoning_effort 'none' unsupported wording in retry ladder**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#114461`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114885 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.