# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Upstream error payload classification and fallback handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #55096: Structured upstream_error payloads classify as unknown
- PR #55097: fix(agent): classify upstream provider errors for fallback

These items address a problem where upstream_error payloads are misclassified as unknown errors, and introduce fixes to correctly classify them as server errors with fallback behavior.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #55096: Structured upstream_error payloads classify as unknown

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55222: fix: classify upstream_error as server_error with fallback**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#55097: fix(agent): classify upstream provider errors for fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#113594`, `#55096`
  - files: `agent/error_classifier.py`, `tests/agent/test_error_classifier.py`
- **#113594: fix(agent): classify structured upstream_error payloads as server_error fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#55097`

## Fix status

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