# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Documentation inconsistencies about default iteration budget or turn cap

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #136351: Documentation contradicts itself on the default turn cap
- PR #136378: docs: the iteration budget is unlimited by default, not 500 turns
- PR #136438: docs(config): sync zh-Hans iteration budget and note the CLI/TUI 500 fallback

The members appear to concern documentation that states conflicting defaults for the iteration budget (unlimited versus 500 turns). They include a docs correction, a zh-Hans sync that mentions a CLI/TUI 500 fallback, and a report of the self-contradiction.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #136351: Documentation contradicts itself on the default turn cap

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#136378: docs: the iteration budget is unlimited by default, not 500 turns**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `de5687ad56`
  - files: `agent/AGENTS.md`, `agent/iteration_budget.py`, `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`
- **#136438: docs(config): sync zh-Hans iteration budget and note the CLI/TUI 500 fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `website/docs/developer-guide/agent-loop.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/configuration.md`

## Fix status

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