# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes update retry logic for transient errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a single transient HTTP error (503/429) during a release-channel read aborts a Hermes update with no retry, ignoring Retry-After headers. The cluster covers the problem report, a salvage/workaround, and a fix adding retry behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124684. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124684 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-124684`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #124653: hermes update: one transient 503/429 on the release-channel record aborts the update (no retry, Retry-After ignored)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124684: hermes update rides out a CDN blip on the release-channel read; passive checks stay single-shot (salvage #124663)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/release_channels.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/network/test_offline_and_flaky.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_release_channels.py`
- **#124663: fix(update): retry transient release channel reads**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d25bbd01b7`, `#124684`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124684 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.