NousResearch/hermes-agent

Reduce startup delay from unnecessary Ollama API probes

Cluster 31555 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #59332 on 6 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a ~1.7s startup latency caused by Ollama /api/show probe requests firing for non-Ollama providers. The work involves gating or skipping those probes to improve first-token response time.

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  • #59332 perf: cut first-turn time-to-first-token by ~80% (all platforms)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/model_metadata.py, agent/turn_context.py, cli.py, tests/tools/test_discord_tool.py, tools/discord_tool.py, tools/env_probe.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · stale or abandoned 1

  • #31569 fix(agent): skip Ollama /api/show probe for known non-Ollama providers · stale or abandoned
  • #39562 fix(model-metadata): gate Ollama api/show probes · done elsewhere → a124d16, #59332, #31555
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#31555[Performance] Ollama /api/show probe adds ~1.7s startup delay for non-Ollama providers
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#59332
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2 PRs closed without merging
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6 Jul 2026

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