# NousResearch/hermes-agent · api_call_count refund on retry exhaustion

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #38445: \[Bug\]: when all retries exhausted, the "api_call_count" is not refund.
- PR #38479: fix(agent): refund api_call_count when all retries are exhausted
- PR #38553: fix(agent): track tokens on truncated responses and refund api_call_count on retry exhaustion

A bug was identified where api_call_count is not refunded when all retries are exhausted. Multiple fix attempts address this behavior, with at least one also covering token tracking on truncated responses.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #38445: \[Bug\]: when all retries exhausted, the "api_call_count" is not refund.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38479: fix(agent): refund api_call_count when all retries are exhausted**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_38445_api_call_count_refund.py`
- **#38553: fix(agent): track tokens on truncated responses and refund api_call_count on retry exhaustion**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`
- **#39115: fix(agent): refund api_call_count when all retries are exhausted**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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