# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Parsing and retrying model output-cap errors

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address cases where output token limit errors from OpenAI-compatible relays and vLLM were not being parsed correctly, preventing proper retry behavior in the agent.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #90563. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #90563 (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-90563`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #72281: \[Bug\]: Output-cap 400 from OpenAI-compatible relays is not parsed for retry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#90563: fix(agent): converge vLLM output-cap retries and recover relay 'maximum output tokens' rejections**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/model_metadata.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/run_agent/test_run_agent.py`, `tests/test_output_cap_parsing.py`
- **#72283: fix(agent): parse model output cap errors**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#90563`, `#55546`, `#72281`
- **#72375: fix(agent): parse "exceeds maximum output tokens" error for retry (#72281)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#72283`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #90563 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-20`.
- Subsystem: `agent`