# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Background review terminal failure surfacing fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #61962: \[Bug\]: Background review ignores terminal failed results and can end silently incomplete
- PR #61963: fix(background-review): surface terminal failures after partial action summaries

These items address a bug where background review processes could silently end incomplete by ignoring terminal failure results. The fixes ensure terminal failures are surfaced after partial action summaries.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #61962: \[Bug\]: Background review ignores terminal failed results and can end silently incomplete

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#62403: fix(agent): surface terminal failures from background review**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#61963`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#61963: fix(background-review): surface terminal failures after partial action summaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#62403`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_background_review.py`

## Fix status

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