NousResearch/hermes-agent

Fix tool-call JSON canonicalization in max-iteration summaries

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #124157 on 26 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a bug where max-iteration summary messages skip tool-call JSON canonicalization, causing prefix cache misses and expensive token re-prefills. The fixes align summary message normalization with the standard send path.

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  • #124157 fix(agent): normalize max-iteration summary messages like the send path

    merged to main

    files: agent/chat_completion_helpers.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/agent/test_iteration_summary_reasoning_details.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 2

  • #123004 fix(agent): canonicalize the max-iteration summary's tool-call JSON · superseded by another PR → #124157
  • #123014 fix(agent): canonicalize tool-call JSON and strip content in max-iteration summary messages · superseded by another PR → #124157
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#123002Max-iteration summary skips tool-call canonicalization, so local prefix caches miss the whole prompt (555k-token re-prefill)
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26 Sep 2026

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