NousResearch/hermes-agent

Agent conversation loop hang and inactivity fixes

Cluster 69131. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #70998 on 24 Jul 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These members address bugs where the agent's conversation loop silently hangs, either due to inactivity between tool completion and the next API call or after a tool-call error with no retry or feedback.

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  • #70998 fix(agent): touch activity between tool completion and next API call (inactivity-kill hang)

    merged to main

    files: agent/conversation_loop.py, agent/tool_executor.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #69467 fix(agent): prevent conversation_loop silent hang after tool-call error (#69131) · merged via another change → #69577, #70998, #69131
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#69131[Bug]: conversation_loop silently hangs after tool-call error — no retry, no exception, no user feedback
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#70998
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1 PR closed without merging
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24 Jul 2026

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