# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Reasoning display config override and default handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a global config setting causes reasoning output to leak into messaging platforms that should suppress it, and related fixes to how reasoning/tool-progress display defaults are generated and preserved across gateway platform configurations.

## 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 #121490. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121490 (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-121490`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121230: \`display.show_reasoning: true\` in the generated config overrides the gateway's per-platform \`false\`, leaking reasoning into messaging platforms

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121490: fix(config): fresh installs no longer pin reasoning/tool-progress display globally**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `hermes_cli/setup_quick.py`, `tests/gateway/test_display_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_edit_seed.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#121232: fix(config): preserve gateway reasoning platform defaults**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121490`, `#121230`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121490 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.