# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Persistent /goal loop control and completion logic

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #29090: \[Bug\]: After executing /goal on the Windows version, the /goal trigger will not stop automatically even when the goal is completed; instead, it keeps triggering until the maximum limit is reached.

These issues and pull requests concern the /goal feature's loop behavior: when to stop, how agents signal completion, handling judge errors, and preventing over-continuation or spam.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #29090: \[Bug\]: After executing /goal on the Windows version, the /goal trigger will not stop automatically even when the goal is completed; instead, it keeps triggering until the maximum limit is reached.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #31718: Standing goals: agent should be able to signal completion and close the goal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31766: feat(agent): add goal_manage tool for agent self-signaled goal completion**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `265bd59c1d9f8dea658f243b257d4fae3685af53`, `#31718`
- **#29318: fix(goal): stop the /goal loop when the agent says it is done (#29090)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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