# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent conversation loop hang and inactivity fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #70998. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70998 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-70998`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #69131: \[Bug\]: conversation_loop silently hangs after tool-call error — no retry, no exception, no user feedback

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70998: fix(agent): touch activity between tool completion and next API call (inactivity-kill hang)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`
- **#69467: fix(agent): prevent conversation_loop silent hang after tool-call error (#69131)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69577`, `#70998`, `#69131`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70998 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.