NousResearch/hermes-agent

Show specific failure reasons for group-chat members

Cluster 116458. Data as of 2026-10-26 12:29 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #116943 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?: Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event: A fix was merged to main in PR #116943. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker: The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #116860. That is separate from the fix event.
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These issues and fixes address group-chat member failures being displayed generically as 'hit an error' regardless of cause. The work surfaces typed failure reasons (e.g. slot timeouts), harvests abandoned turns, and extends operation past 20-minute limits.

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#116860 fix(desktop): a group-chat member failure shows its typed reason, not just "hit an error" (#116458, salvage #116468)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts
#116943 fix(desktop): group member turns are harvested when abandoned, keep working past 20 min, and name why they failed (#115431, #100274, #116458, salvage #115437 #116468 #116598)

merged to main

files: apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-activity.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-members.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-turns.test.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-turns.ts, apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/types.ts, website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md

Closed issues · 1

Closed#116458ux(desktop): group-chat member failures always render as "<Bot> hit an error" — slot-timeout cause is captured but never shown, indistinguishable from a bot crash

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Merged PRs: #116860, #116943
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 0 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 20 Sep 2026

For your agent

The same facts, typed.

cluster/116458.json
cluster/116458.md