# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix xAI consecutive message text joining issue

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121797: xAI Responses: text of consecutive message output items is joined without a separator
- PR #121805: fix(agent): keep consecutive xAI response messages readable
- PR #121807: fix(codex): open a new text segment when a second phase-less message item streams

These items address a bug where consecutive text output items in xAI responses are concatenated without any separator, making the output unreadable. The fix involves opening a new text segment when a second phase-less message item streams in.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121797: xAI Responses: text of consecutive message output items is joined without a separator

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121805: fix(agent): keep consecutive xAI response messages readable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/codex_responses_adapter.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `tests/agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`
- **#121807: fix(codex): open a new text segment when a second phase-less message item streams**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_responses_message_segment_separator.py`

## Fix status

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