# NousResearch/hermes-agent · verify-on-stop trigger scope and behavior issues

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52612: \[Bug\]: verify-on-stop trigger is path-agnostic — fires on every file edit regardless of impact
- #58490: \[Bug\]: verify-on-stop silently replaces delegate_task subagent output — subagent results lost
- PR #52615: fix(verification): skip nudge for non-code file edits
- PR #58497: fix: disable verify-on-stop for subagent sessions

These items concern bugs and fixes around when verify-on-stop fires, including it triggering on non-code edits, interfering with subagent sessions, and changes to its default behavior and migration path.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #52612: \[Bug\]: verify-on-stop trigger is path-agnostic — fires on every file edit regardless of impact
- #58490: \[Bug\]: verify-on-stop silently replaces delegate_task subagent output — subagent results lost

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52615: fix(verification): skip nudge for non-code file edits**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `60f58a2b9578828128dae99d78f98e9dff79dc10`
  - files: `agent/verification_stop.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_stop.py`
- **#58497: fix: disable verify-on-stop for subagent sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `330dbaec5e`
  - files: `agent/turn_stop_gates.py`, `agent/verification_stop.py`, `tests/agent/test_verification_stop.py`

## Fix status

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