NousResearch/hermes-agent

Heartbeat thresholds too strict for slow LLM providers

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #19733 on 4 May 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where the heartbeat stale detector incorrectly terminates healthy child agents when using slow LLM providers, with a proposed fix to increase the stale detection thresholds.

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  • #19733 fix(delegation): increase heartbeat stale thresholds for slow LLM providers

    merged to main

    files: tests/tools/test_heartbeat_stale_thresholds.py, tools/delegate_tool.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #15921 fix(delegation): increase heartbeat stale thresholds for slow LLM providers · merged via another change → #19733
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#15933bug(delegation): heartbeat stale detector kills healthy child agents on slow LLM providers
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#19733
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1 PR closed without merging
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4 May 2026

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