# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parse OpenAI 429 retry delay from error message

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #124445: \[Bug\]: OpenAI "Please try again in Ns" 429s carry no parsed reset — 60 s cooldown guess, and fallback.min_switch_reset_seconds can never defer
- PR #124459: fix(agent): parse OpenAI "try again in Ns" 429 grammar into the reset window
- PR #124469: fix(agent): parse OpenAI "try again in Ns" 429 grammar into the reset window

A bug was identified where OpenAI 'try again in Ns' 429 responses had no parsed reset window, causing a hardcoded 60-second cooldown guess. The fix extracts the actual delay from the error message grammar.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124445: \[Bug\]: OpenAI "Please try again in Ns" 429s carry no parsed reset — 60 s cooldown guess, and fallback.min_switch_reset_seconds can never defer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124459: fix(agent): parse OpenAI "try again in Ns" 429 grammar into the reset window**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `918f14620b`
  - files: `agent/retry_utils.py`, `tests/agent/test_retry_delay_parsers_shared.py`
- **#124469: fix(agent): parse OpenAI "try again in Ns" 429 grammar into the reset window**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/retry_utils.py`, `tests/agent/test_openai_tpm_reset_grammar.py`

## Fix status

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