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CLI/desktop tool-call display and streaming output

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 3026 · apps/desktop

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5 open items. Fix merged in #109175. Check it covers your case.

The short answer

2open issues
3open PRs
12items grouped
Known?
Yes. 12 related items grouped here, 3 issues already closed.
Fix event
A fix was merged to main in PR #109175. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
Tracker
The maintainers' tracker marks this partially resolved, deciding PR #109175. That is separate from the fix event.
Still open
2 issues and 3 PRs.

These issues and PRs concern problems with how tool-call progress, verbose output, and streamed assistant text are displayed in the CLI and desktop interfaces, including noisy or missing status lines, overwritten output, and collapsed mid-turn narration.

Open issues2

  • Issue#40693[Bug]: CLI mode — streaming text overwritten by tool progress lines (prompt_toolkit StdoutProxy)
  • Issue#48128preparing execute_code… status line is redundant noise

Open PRs3

  • PR#10598fix(cli): remove noisy 'preparing <tool>...' messages (#10478)
  • PR#48129fix(cli): suppress redundant 'preparing execute_code…' status line
  • PR#50637fix(cli): keep streamed text visible across tool-prep

Fixes on record

Merged to main. A stamp counts the issues a fix is linked to.

  • #109175 CLI prints 'preparing <tool>…' once per tool per batch (#10478)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py, tests/cli/test_tool_gen_start_dedupe.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #3042 fix: resolve verbose tool output issue #3026 and stabilize CLI streaming · done elsewhere
  • #61447 fix(desktop): honor display.interim_assistant_messages — stop collapsing mid-turn narration · done elsewhere
  • #61997 fix(desktop): keep interim assistant narration on message.complete · superseded by another PR → #61447, #61997, #61822
Closed issues · 3
  • Closed#3026[Bug]: CLI: Recent change made verbose tool outputs just say 'preparing {tool}...' with no tool info
  • Closed#10478CLI: remove noisy 'preparing <tool>…' messages during tool-call streaming
  • Closed#61822[Bug]: Tool calls and intermediate tool execution text not showing up in chat at all
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Subsystem
apps/desktop
Merged PRs
#109175
Closed issues
3
Attempts
3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
12 Sep 2026

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