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Fix misattributed interrupts and placeholder responses

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 132949 · agent

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #133271. Check it covers your case.

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These items address bugs where terminal batch timeouts or synthetic interrupts were incorrectly attributed to the user, and where interrupted turns produced only a '[response interrupted]' placeholder instead of a real answer.

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  • #133271 Terminal batch timeouts are no longer reported as the user's stop, a user stop during a wedged batch keeps its message, and interrupted turns stop being answered with "[response interrupted]" (#130207, #132949, salvage #132751)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py, agent/agent_runtime_helpers_placeholders.py, agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/interrupt_control.py, agent/message_sanitization.py, agent/terminal_approval_batch.py, agent/tool_executor.py, agent/turn_api_call.py, agent/turn_iteration_prep.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/acp_adapter/test_events.py, tests/agent/test_close_interrupted_tool_sequence.py, tests/agent/test_concurrent_interrupt.py, tests/agent/test_interrupt_issuer_attribution.py, tests/agent/test_partial_stream_finish_reason.py, tests/agent/test_replay_echo_retirement.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_run_agent_interrupt_hook.py, tests/agent/test_sanitiser_escalation.py, tests/agent/test_steer.py (+3 more)

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #132751 fix(agent): attribute soft interrupts to their real issuer, and hide the synthetic interrupt close · merged via another change → 70dcdd6, #133271
  • #133690 fix(agent): keep interruption scaffolding out of persisted history · done elsewhere → 70dcdd6, #132949, #133271, #132751, #48879
  • #134521 Ordinary instructions are no longer answered with only "[response interrupted]" (#132949, salvage #132751 core) · done elsewhere → 53e8e68, #134521, #132949, #132751, #48879, #95327
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#132949Ordinary instruction answered with only the "[response interrupted]" placeholder
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