# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Configurable API retry count for agent provider

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern making the number of API retry attempts configurable rather than hardcoded, including a specific increase of the default limit and a new configuration option for primary-provider retries.

## 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 #14730. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #14730 (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-14730`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #11616: \[Feature\]: adjustable provider reconnection attempt count

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14730: feat(agent): make API retry count configurable via agent.api_max_retries**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/tips.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_api_max_retries_config.py`
- **#10028: fix: increase API retry limit from 3 to 10**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `165b2e481afa1cd7385c5c9f9ebf33eb4a524131`, `#11616`
- **#12013: feat(agent): make primary-provider API retry count configurable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#14730`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #14730 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-23`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.