# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Per-operation retry limit feature design and implementation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a proposed and in-progress feature to add per-operation retry limits to the agent, including a consecutive call circuit breaker. Multiple pull requests and a feature request track the design and implementation of this capability.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #18504: Feature Request: Per-Operation Retry Limit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18585: feat(agent): per-operation retry limit and consecutive call circuit breaker**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#21208: feat(agent): per-operation retry limit + setup wizard surface (salvage #18585)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#18585`, `#18504`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.