# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docs update for multi-hop fallback chain behavior

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119060: docs: fallback-providers.md:149 still says fallback "activates at most once" per turn — multi-hop walking is implemented on main (#68630)
- PR #119065: docs: describe multi-hop fallback chain

These items all concern updating documentation to accurately describe multi-hop fallback walking behavior. The existing docs appear to still reflect an older single-activation model that no longer matches the implementation.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #119060: docs: fallback-providers.md:149 still says fallback "activates at most once" per turn — multi-hop walking is implemented on main (#68630)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119065: docs: describe multi-hop fallback chain**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#119587: docs: update fallback-providers.md to reflect multi-hop fallback walk**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `docs`