# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix delegation to fail closed on probe errors

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121048: delegation: a failed async_delivery_supported probe is treated as delivery-capable
- PR #121049: fix(delegation): fail closed when the async-delivery probe raises
- PR #122070: fix(delegation): fail closed when the async delivery probe raises (#121048)

These issues and PRs address a bug where an exception raised during the async delivery capability probe causes the delegation logic to incorrectly treat the target as delivery-capable. The fix changes the behavior to fail closed when the probe raises.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121048: delegation: a failed async_delivery_supported probe is treated as delivery-capable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121049: fix(delegation): fail closed when the async-delivery probe raises**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#122605`
  - files: `tests/gateway/test_api_delegation_delivery_contract.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_run_background.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate_apiserver_background.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py`
- **#122070: fix(delegation): fail closed when the async delivery probe raises (#121048)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#121049`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_async_delivery_probe_fail_closed.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py`

## Fix status

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