# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Empty Gmail search response fix in Python backend

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where empty Gmail search results return non-JSON responses in the Python backend. The proposed fix is to emit an empty array instead.

## 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 #132952. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #132952 (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-132952`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131711: fix(google-workspace): empty Gmail searches return non-JSON in the Python backend

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132952: fix(google-workspace): emit \[\] for empty Python-backend Gmail searches**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `skills/productivity/google-workspace/scripts/google_api.py`, `tests/skills/test_google_workspace_api.py`
- **#131734: fix(google-workspace): emit \[\] for empty Python-backend Gmail searches**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#132952`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #132952 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-04`.