# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Removing empty tool_calls in repair_message_sequence

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where empty tool_calls arrays persist in message sequences after repair_message_sequence runs. Fixes and a follow-up reproduction report are included.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86654. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86654 (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-86654`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #77921: Still reproducing in v0.19.1: empty tool_calls after repair_message_sequence (follow-up to #58755)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86654: fix(agent): close the empty tool_calls 400 class at all three chokepoints (#83312, #77921)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/transports/chat_completions.py`, `tests/agent/transports/test_chat_completions_empty_tool_calls.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py`
- **#97167: fix(agent): tool-pair sanitizers — whitespace ids pair, stale empty tool_calls drop, orphan logic unified (salvage #55845 + #78063 + #59434)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `agent/context_compressor.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_compressor.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_message_sequence_repair.py`
- **#77944: fix(session): drop empty tool_calls in repair_message_sequence (#77921)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78063`, `#77944`, `#77944`
- **#78063: fix(agent): drop stale empty tool_calls on repair_message_sequence merge (#77921)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f316f7d086`, `#97167`, `#77921`, `#78071`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86654 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `agent`