# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Image routing, vision detection, and queue-blocking fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address multimodal image routing based on model vision capability, fallback behavior when providers reject image input, and a message queue blockage caused by image-related errors. Specific providers mentioned include Nous API and OpenRouter.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #53901. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #53901 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.34`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #638: \[Bug\]: Image messages break Nous API models — no vision support detection or error recovery
- #21160: Image routing failure locks entire message queue — subsequent text messages blocked

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53901: fix(image-routing): unblock message queue on OpenRouter 'no endpoints' image 404 (#21160)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_image_rejection_fallback.py`
- **#670: fix: vision support detection + image error recovery (#638)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#21198: fix(image-routing): strip images and retry as text when provider rejects image input**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#53901`, `#21160`, `#53901`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #53901 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`