# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MoA advisor guidance replay timing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where replayed or cached advisor guidance in MoA is treated as predating tool results, causing the acting model to repeat tool calls it has already completed. The members describe the problem and associated fix attempts around marking reused guidance correctly relative to tool result ordering.

## 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 #117576. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117576 (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-117576`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116769: MoA: cached advisor guidance is replayed as fresh instruction, so the acting model repeats a tool call it already made

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117576: fix(moa): replayed advisor guidance is marked as predating the turn's tool results, so the acting model stops repeating a finished tool call (#116769, salvage #116770)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/moa_loop.py`, `tests/agent/test_moa_fanout_cadence.py`, `tests/agent/test_moa_stale_guidance_note.py`
- **#116770: fix(moa): mark reused advisor guidance as predating the tool results**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c1c84ea37f`, `#117576`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117576 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.