NousResearch/hermes-agent

Stale tool-call marker corrupts subsequent responses

Cluster 78148. Data as of 2026-10-29 11:48 UTC

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #78222 on 4 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern a bug where a bare tool-call marker (e.g. '[memory]') is left in place after context compaction or a tool loop, causing it to persist as a response template and corrupt all following replies. The fix involves discarding this marker before fallback or persistence steps.

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#78222 fix(agent): discard bare tool-call marker before fallback/persistence (#78148)

merged to main

files: agent/conversation_loop.py, hermes_cli/main.py, hermes_cli/sessions_cmd.py, hermes_state.py, tests/run_agent/test_conversation_fallback_state.py, tests/test_stale_tool_call_marker_session_repair.py

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From the close comments: merged via another change 1

#78175 fix(agent): discard bare tool-call marker before fallback/persistence (#78148) · merged via another change → #78222

Closed issues · 1

Closed#78148Context compaction after tool loop leaves stale '[memory]' as response template — all subsequent replies return '[memory]'

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Merged PRs: #78222
Closed issues: 1
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Fix link checked: 4 Aug 2026

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