# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent iteration budget default and refund bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #75097: \[Bug\]: Iteration budget semantics diverge: AIAgent defaults to 90 and execute_code refunds only one limiter
- PR #78242: fix: execute_code refund only refunded one limiter, default mismatch 90→500

These members address a bug where AIAgent's iteration budget defaulted to 90 instead of 500, and execute_code incorrectly refunded only one limiter instead of all relevant ones. The group covers the bug report and corresponding fix.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #75097: \[Bug\]: Iteration budget semantics diverge: AIAgent defaults to 90 and execute_code refunds only one limiter

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75122: fix(agent): align iteration-budget default (90→500) and refund api_call_count on execute-code-only turns (#75097)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#39311`, `#39499`
- **#75369: fix(agent): align iteration budget defaults and execute_code refund (#75097)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39311`
- **#78242: fix: execute_code refund only refunded one limiter, default mismatch 90→500**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39311`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `run_agent.py`

## Fix status

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