# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix CLI clarify timeout fallback behavior

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where the CLI incorrectly falls back to a legacy 120-second timeout instead of using the configured clarify timeout value. The work involves propagating and honoring the canonical timeout setting after config merging.

## 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 #114875. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114875 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #72688: CLI clarify timeout still falls back to legacy 120s after #69774

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114875: fix(clarify): CLI clarify prompt honours agent.clarify_timeout instead of a hidden 120 s cap (#113873, salvage #72714)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `cli.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_clarify_gateway.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/discord.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/discord.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/telegram.md`
- **#72714: fix(cli): honor canonical clarify timeout after config merge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `1b50849d273b`, `#114875`, `#113873`, `#72714`
- **#73577: fix(cli): propagate agent.clarify_timeout correctly, remove legacy 120s fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#72714`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114875 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`