# NousResearch/hermes-agent · DeepSeek auxiliary task reasoning control fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where auxiliary tasks cannot disable reasoning on providers like DeepSeek that always emit a thinking toggle, with reasoning_effort and thinking parameters being ignored or overwritten. The members address fixes to allow reasoning to be properly suppressed in these contexts.

## 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 #116775. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116775 (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-116775`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116099: Auxiliary tasks cannot disable reasoning on always_emit_toggle providers (DeepSeek): reasoning_effort ignored and extra_body.thinking overwritten

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116775: fix(auxiliary): reasoning_effort none turns thinking off on always-toggle providers like DeepSeek (#116099, salvage #116104)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_auxiliary_client.py`, `tests/agent/test_fast_compression_lane.py`
- **#116104: fix(auxiliary): let DeepSeek compression disable reasoning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8b56e956f677`, `#116775`, `#116099`, `#116104`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116775 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.