# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Streaming reasoning text display and duplication bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple bugs and fixes related to how reasoning/thinking text is displayed during streaming, including duplicate output, non-accumulating text, and visual flashing across CLI, desktop, and VS Code extension surfaces.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #3013. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #3013 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-3116`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #2069: \[Bug\]: Some combo of streaming + reasoning on local model spams thinking words on a new line each
- #37588: VS Code extension: thinking/reasoning text shows only last word instead of accumulating

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#3013: fix(cli): buffer reasoning preview chunks and fix duplicate display**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/test_reasoning_command.py`
- **#3116: fix(reasoning): skip duplicate callback for <think>-extracted reasoning during streaming**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `run_agent.py`
- **#2076: fix(reasoning): prevent duplicate display and \[thinking\] spam for local models**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#3116`, `#3013`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #3013 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-26`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`