# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot Chat prompt not rebuilding on vision override flip

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the Bot Chat prompt fails to rebuild when model vision capability overrides change, because the capability fingerprint does not account for vision support. The members include a bug report and related fixes addressing this prompt refresh issue.

## 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 #121370. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121370 (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-121370`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119703: \[Bug\]: capability_fingerprint does not cover model.supports_vision — Bot Chat prompt never rebuilds on a vision-override flip

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121370: fix(tools): rebuild Bot Chat prompt when model capability overrides flip**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/agent/test_system_prompt_restore.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`
- **#119705: fix(tools): refresh Bot Chat prompt on vision override flip**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121370`, `#119703`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121370 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.