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Cap agent retries on malformed tool-call arguments

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 125368 · agent

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3 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
2open PRs
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1 issue and 2 PRs.

These issues and fixes address the agent loop repeatedly re-requesting the model without limit when tool-call arguments are malformed. The proposed fixes introduce a cap on consecutive malformed-argument rounds and end the turn with a typed failure rather than looping indefinitely.

Open issues1

  • Issue#125368Agent loop re-requests the model with no limit or backoff after malformed tool-call arguments

Open PRs2

  • PR#125389fix(agent): cap consecutive malformed-argument tool rounds with a typed failure
  • PR#125445fix(agent): end the turn when a model keeps sending non-object tool arguments
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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