# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Surface hidden error reasons after failing turns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121299: codex_app_server: failed turn after an agentMessage prints the message and hides the failure reason
- PR #121314: fix(codex): surface failed turn errors after messages

These issues and fixes address cases where failing turns silently hide their error or failure reason, particularly after agent messages or during quiet turns. The work ensures failure details are surfaced and visible to the user.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121299: codex_app_server: failed turn after an agentMessage prints the message and hides the failure reason

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121314: fix(codex): surface failed turn errors after messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `21e8d8c651`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_integration.py`
- **#121587: fix(cli): surface a failed quiet turn's reason after partial text**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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