NousResearch/hermes-agent
Fix agent stalling on TCP blackhole endpoints
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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #77847 on 3 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.
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- A fix was merged to main in PR #77847. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These members address a bug where endpoints that silently drop TCP connections cause the agent to stall at startup by repeatedly probing and waiting out timeouts. The fix stops re-probing such blackholing endpoints.
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#77847 fix(agent): stop re-probing endpoints that blackhole TCP connects (salvage #71282)
files:
agent/model_metadata.py,tests/agent/test_endpoint_blackhole.py
1 PR closed without merging
From the close comments: merged via another change 1
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#71282 fix(agent): stop re-probing endpoints that blackhole TCP connects · merged via another change →
#77847
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#71281[Bug]: Endpoints that blackhole TCP stall startup ~60s — probe waterfall pays the timeout once per leg
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- 3 Aug 2026