# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Enable hard_stop_enabled by default in tool loop guardrails

## Open now

- 2 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #25823: \[Bug\]: feat: enable tool_loop_guardrails hard_stop_enabled by default
- #61063: \[Feature\]: Enable tool_loop_guardrails.hard_stop_enabled by default
- PR #26015: fix(guardrails): enable hard_stop_enabled by default
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These items all concern changing the default value of tool_loop_guardrails.hard_stop_enabled to true. They appear to represent a feature request, a corresponding fix/implementation, and a related bug report around the same default behavior change.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #25823: \[Bug\]: feat: enable tool_loop_guardrails hard_stop_enabled by default
- #61063: \[Feature\]: Enable tool_loop_guardrails.hard_stop_enabled by default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26015: fix(guardrails): enable hard_stop_enabled by default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#49189`
  - files: `agent/tool_guardrails.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/agent/test_tool_guardrails.py`

## Fix status

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