# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Mixed-batch tool execution bug and config opt-out

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #68339: \[Bug\]: agent/conversation_loop.py — mixed-batch tool execution (#66317 / 348e9912f) interacts with TOOL_USE_ENFORCEMENT_GUIDANCE, producing observable early-session behavior shift\`

A bug was identified where mixed-batch tool execution in the agent conversation loop interacts with tool-use enforcement guidance, causing early-session behavior shifts. Related changes include a config opt-out fix and a JS formatting auto-fix.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #90818. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #90818 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68339: \[Bug\]: agent/conversation_loop.py — mixed-batch tool execution (#66317 / 348e9912f) interacts with TOOL_USE_ENFORCEMENT_GUIDANCE, producing observable early-session behavior shift\`

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90818: fmt(js): \`npm run fix\` auto-fix**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-ownership.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-act.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/right-rail/preview-act.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/act-in-page.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/naming.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/visibility.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/watch-in-page.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/preview-act/watch-in-page.ts`
- **#71490: fix(agent): add config opt-out for mixed-batch tool execution permissiveness (#68339)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `e2c4793efa`, `0f5cfac90ca7559044b24989520a7cc6a5d9c665`, `8e6ebf634c`, `#90818`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #90818 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-20`.
- Subsystem: `agent`