# NousResearch/hermes-agent · OpenRouter response_cache default and stale tool-call replay concerns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #70387: OpenRouter response_cache defaults to enabled — beta edge-cache can replay stale tool calls
- PR #139478: fix(agent): bypass the OpenRouter response cache on unchanged-request retries

The three members center on OpenRouter's response_cache setting, with one issue describing a default-enabled beta edge-cache that may replay stale tool calls. Two pull requests propose responses: bypassing the cache on unchanged-request retries, and defaulting the setting to off.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #70387: OpenRouter response_cache defaults to enabled — beta edge-cache can replay stale tool calls

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70388: fix(openrouter): default response_cache to off**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#139478: fix(agent): bypass the OpenRouter response cache on unchanged-request retries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/turn_api_request.py`, `tests/agent/test_openrouter_retry_cache_bypass.py`

## Fix status

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