# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HTTP client timeout and IPv4 networking fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #37818: fix: honor force_ipv4 in run_agent and legacy cli bootstrap

These items address two related networking issues in the agent HTTP client: adding explicit timeouts to prevent indefinite hangs, and ensuring the force_ipv4 setting is respected during agent and CLI bootstrap. A related report describes connection hangs on IPv6 endpoints.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: 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

- #37662: httpx/OpenAI SDK hangs on IPv6 when connecting to provider endpoints (e.g. opencode.ai) — suggest happy-eyeballs fix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#37818: fix: honor force_ipv4 in run_agent and legacy cli bootstrap**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_constants.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/test_ipv4_preference.py`
- **#37898: fix(agent): add explicit httpx timeout to keepalive HTTP client (#37662)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8324dd19ca283f1ea4ba34939489903c5d7450a6`, `51c1ba6976205671eea8da737580229ef155e2c9`
- **#82634: fix: honor network.force_ipv4 on run_agent and legacy cli bootstrap**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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