# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix intent-ack continuation bugs in local model sessions

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69778: \[Bug\]: intent_ack_continuation never fires in established sessions with local models
- PR #69779: fix(agent): revive intent-ack continuation in tool-using local sessions
- PR #83560: fix(agent): recover bounded Codex false stops across runtimes

These issues and fixes address a bug where intent-ack continuation fails to fire during established sessions with local models, with related work on recovering false stop conditions across runtimes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69778: \[Bug\]: intent_ack_continuation never fires in established sessions with local models

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69779: fix(agent): revive intent-ack continuation in tool-using local sessions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/intent_ack.py`, `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `tests/agent/test_clarification_ack_stop.py`, `tests/agent/test_intent_ack_context.py`, `tests/agent/test_intent_ack_continuation.py`, `tests/agent/test_intent_ack_turn_continuity.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/agent-loop.md`
- **#83560: fix(agent): recover bounded Codex false stops across runtimes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/terminal_continuation.py`, `agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_persist.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor_zero_user_provenance.py`, `tests/agent/test_intent_ack_continuation.py`, `tests/agent/test_terminal_continuation.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_final_response_persistence.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_codex_app_server_session.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent_codex_responses.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_verification_continuation_budget.py`

## Fix status

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