# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MoA fan-out cache ignores mid-turn steer commands

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121342: \[Bug\]: MOA + \`/steer\` debug findings (not tested)

These items investigate and fix a bug where the Mixture-of-Agents fan-out cache key does not account for mid-turn /steer rows, causing steer commands to be ignored. The work includes debug findings and patches to preserve the fan-out cache correctly across steer operations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121342: \[Bug\]: MOA + \`/steer\` debug findings (not tested)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121348: fix(moa): preserve fanout cache across steer**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#121818`, `#121342`
- **#121818: fix(agent): MoA ignores mid-turn /steer rows for fan-out cache key**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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