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hermes-agent --version/--help flag handling bug

Cluster 54648 · agent. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

2 open items. Fix merged in #120440 on 23 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A bug where passing --version or --help to hermes-agent triggers a full agent run instead of printing the expected output. The members address guarding the legacy entrypoint and intercepting these flags early in run_agent.main().

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Open PRs2

PR#54649fix(cli): guard legacy hermes-agent entrypoint
PR#54682fix(agent): intercept --version/--help in run_agent.main()

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#120440 fix(cli): hermes-agent --help/--version print help instead of running a model turn (#54648, salvage #54649)

merged to main

files: agent/legacy_cli.py, pyproject.toml, run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_legacy_cli.py, website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md

Closed issues · 1

Closed#54648[Bug]: hermes-agent --version starts an agent run instead of printing version

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Subsystem: agent
Merged PRs: #120440
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 0 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked: 23 Sep 2026

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