NousResearch/hermes-agent

Reasoning effort level routing and clamping fixes

Cluster 74295 · agent. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #90330 on 19 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address problems with how reasoning effort levels (particularly 'ultra') are handled during routing, including incorrect clamping behavior and errors on non-Anthropic backends.

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#90330 fix: reasoning effort 'ultra' no longer 400s on non-Anthropic wires (#89503 class, salvage #89509)

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files: agent/auxiliary_client.py, agent/transports/chat_completions.py, agent/transports/codex.py, plugins/model-providers/copilot/__init__.py, plugins/model-providers/custom/__init__.py, tests/agent/test_reasoning_effort_wire_translation.py, tests/agent/transports/test_reasoning_effort_sibling_sites.py

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

#74558 fix(agent): step reasoning effort down the ladder instead of clamping to medium · done elsewhere → #74295, #90330

Closed issues · 1

Closed#74295Copilot route: reasoning_effort 'ultra' clamps to 'medium', making the strongest setting weaker than 'high'

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Subsystem: agent
Merged PRs: #90330
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 19 Aug 2026

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