# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI streaming drops transform_llm_output plugin content

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where content appended or transformed by the transform_llm_output plugin is silently lost during CLI streaming mode. A related issue notes that code fence formatting is also mangled when strip mode processes backticks before plugin transforms run.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #81606. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81606 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-81606`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

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## Closed / duplicate issues

- #52158: cli-code-format: code fences mangled during streaming (strip mode strips backticks before plugin transforms)
- #57269: \[Bug\]: transform_llm_output plugin output silently dropped in CLI streaming mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81606: fix: transform_llm_output appended content silently dropped in CLI streaming mode**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `cli.py`, `gateway/hooks.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/cli/test_transformed_stream_output.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_silence_tokens.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/hooks.md`
- **#57270: fix: transform_llm_output appended content silently dropped in CLI streaming mode**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81606`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81606 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.
- Subsystem: `agent`