# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent hang after tool call completes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Reports and fixes for an issue where the agent process hangs indefinitely between tool call completion and the next API call, addressed by updating activity timestamps to prevent inactivity-based termination.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69559: Agent hangs indefinitely after tool call completes, reproduced across 3 providers/models

## 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`
- **#69577: fix(agent): prevent agent hang after tool call completes (#69559)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70998`, `#69467`, `#69559`

## Fix status

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