# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Max agent turns default value inconsistency fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #4031: fix(setup): default max agent turns to 90 (#4018)

These items address an inconsistency in the default maximum tool/agent turns value, which differed between 60 and 90 across documentation and prompts. The work aligns the default to 90 throughout.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #4018: \[Setup\]: Max Tool Calls is Inconsistent (60/90)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#4020: fix(setup): align max_turns default to 90 across docs and prompts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#4031: fix(setup): default max agent turns to 90 (#4018)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#4020`, `#4018`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `environments/benchmarks/tblite/default.yaml`, `environments/benchmarks/tblite/local.yaml`, `environments/benchmarks/tblite/local_vllm.yaml`, `environments/benchmarks/terminalbench_2/default.yaml`, `website/docs/developer-guide/environments.md`

## Fix status

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