# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bedrock streaming transient fault retry handling

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #44054: fix(agent): exclude Bedrock transient faults from local-validation-error classification
- PR #138609: fix(agent): retry transient Bedrock stream exception frames instead of ending the turn

These members address how Bedrock transient streaming faults (such as internalServerException) are handled, specifically ensuring they are retried rather than misclassified as non-retryable local validation errors. The work spans transport routing and fault classification logic.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #43915: \[Bug\]: Bedrock streaming transient faults (internalServerException) abort turn non-retryably

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43916: fix(bedrock): subagent transport routing + retry transient streaming faults**. 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._
- **#44054: fix(agent): exclude Bedrock transient faults from local-validation-error classification**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `24c67bd3d`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_bedrock_transient_retry.py`
- **#138609: fix(agent): retry transient Bedrock stream exception frames instead of ending the turn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#44054`, `#138580`
  - files: `agent/api_error_summary.py`, `agent/turn_api_error.py`, `tests/agent/test_bedrock_transient_retry.py`

## Fix status

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