NousResearch/hermes-agent

Warn on empty smart-approval guardian responses

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117582 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a logging gap where empty or missing guardian verdict responses in smart-approval were only logged at DEBUG level or silently ignored, and change the behavior to emit a warning instead.

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  • #117582 fix(approval): empty smart-approval guardian answers now warn instead of silently escalating (#117428, salvage #117430)

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    files: tests/tools/test_smart_approval_injection.py, tools/approval_smart.py

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #117430 fix(approval): warn on empty smart-approval guardian answers · merged via another change → 262825d, #117582
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#117428Silent smart-approval failure mode: empty-verdict guardian responses log at DEBUG only (or not at all), invisible at default log levels
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