# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MiniMax M3 Chinese reasoning tag leakage fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug report and multiple fix attempts addressing Chinese reasoning markers (思考/反思/推理/推敲) from MiniMax M3 leaking into user-visible output during streaming and final responses. The fixes target think-block filters and stream scrubbing to suppress these internal tags.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121659. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121659 (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-121659`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #43827: \[Bug\]: Chinese reasoning tags ( 思考 / 反思 / 推理 / 推敲) from MiniMax-M3 leak to user output in streaming + final response

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43836: fix(agent): add Chinese reasoning tags to think-block filter for MiniMax M3**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#43932: fix(agent): add Chinese reasoning tags to think block filters (#43827)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#43836`, `#43827`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#121659: fix(streaming): hide MiniMax Chinese reasoning tags and keep truncated interim tails (#43827, #88954)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/auxiliary_client.py`, `agent/stream_delivery.py`, `agent/think_scrubber.py`, `agent/turn_stop_gates.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_render.py`, `tests/agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`, `tests/agent/test_think_scrubber.py`
- **#43839: fix(stream): scrub MiniMax M3 Chinese reasoning markers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121659 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.
- Subsystem: `agent`