# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fast transport fallback and primary recovery logic

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #69186: \[Bug\]: Fast APIConnectionError bypasses primary transport recovery and falls back after two failures
- PR #69190: fix(agent): recover primary before fast transport fallback

These items address how APIConnectionError and stale-stream conditions are distinguished, and how the system handles recovery of the primary transport before falling back to a fast transport alternative.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69186: \[Bug\]: Fast APIConnectionError bypasses primary transport recovery and falls back after two failures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69190: fix(agent): recover primary before fast transport fallback**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `7bd0230bfacc`, `#69186`, `#69190`, `#69419`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_ttfb_watchdog.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_fast_transport_recovery_before_fallback.py`
- **#69419: fix: distinguish stale-stream from APIConnectionError in fallback gate (#69186)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`

## Fix status

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