# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry attempt counter reset bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #12956: \[Bug\]: Retry attempt counter incorrectly resets to 1/3 after attempt 2/3

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the retry attempt counter incorrectly resets during retries, particularly around transport recovery or platform downtime. Multiple fixes target decoupling the visible counter from internal retry budget logic to prevent misleading attempt counts.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #12956: \[Bug\]: Retry attempt counter incorrectly resets to 1/3 after attempt 2/3

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#12967: fix(retry): prevent attempt counter reset after primary transport recovery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2701ea2f0`
- **#74239: fix(agent): decouple user-visible retry counter from the retry budget reset**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#75337`

## Fix status

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