# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stop retrying non-retryable 4xx image download errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where vision image download failures on 4xx status codes (such as 404 and 403) were being retried with backoff despite being non-retryable errors. These members address detecting and fast-failing on such errors instead.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #35221. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #35221 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-35221`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: 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

- #32296: \[Bug\]: vision_analyze retries non-retryable 4xx (404/403) image downloads 3x with backoff

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32297: fix(vision): don't retry non-retryable 4xx image downloads**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35221: fix(vision): fail fast on non-retryable image download errors**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_vision_tools.py`, `tools/vision_tools.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #35221 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-30`.
- Subsystem: `agent`