# NousResearch/hermes-agent · In-session assistant progress messages during turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern adding natural, interim progress updates from the assistant to the user mid-turn, including agent-side implementation, a dedicated tool approach, and surfacing these messages in chat platforms via the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-7978`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #5016: Feature: in-session user progress updates via a dedicated tool

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#5017: feat(agent): add in-session user progress messages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#7978`, `#5016`
- **#7885: \[Feature\] Send natural interim assistant progress messages to the user**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#7978`
- **#7978: feat(gateway): surface natural mid-turn assistant messages in chat platforms**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/stream_consumer.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/gateway/test_run_progress_topics.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_camofox_state.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`

## Fix status

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