# NousResearch/hermes-agent · DeepSeek DSML markup leaking into desktop output

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #119261: \[Bug\]: Deepseek keeps leaking DSML into Hermes Desktop
- PR #119264: fix(desktop): hide leaked DeepSeek DSML tool calls
- PR #132557: Leaked DeepSeek DSML tool-call markup no longer reaches the screen or history (#119261, salvage #119271)

These issues and PRs concern DeepSeek model responses leaking raw DSML tool-call markup into the Hermes desktop interface. The work involves detecting and stripping this markup rather than letting it surface to users or cause errors.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #119261: \[Bug\]: Deepseek keeps leaking DSML into Hermes Desktop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119264: fix(desktop): hide leaked DeepSeek DSML tool calls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6e43ac5a5f82a8525de090db8fc2526867e88d21`, `95f20517c25ee418da5337f4ead347008baaa2b3`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/chat-messages/parts.ts`
- **#119271: Strip leaked DeepSeek DSML markup instead of dying on it**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#132557`, `#132557`
- **#132557: Leaked DeepSeek DSML tool-call markup no longer reaches the screen or history (#119261, salvage #119271)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `ad9432b992edaf6abb5950b76faabbf16b3494f6`, `#172554`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_render.py`, `tests/agent/test_dsml_leak_strip.py`

## Fix status

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