# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent truncated response joining and session wedging fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78577: Truncated response parts joined with no separator, gluing text together
- PR #78730: fix(agent): join truncated response parts with whitespace-aware separator (#78577)

These items address two related agent bugs: truncated response parts being concatenated without a proper separator (causing words to run together), and the agent session becoming stuck after hitting the continuation limit.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #78577: Truncated response parts joined with no separator, gluing text together

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78730: fix(agent): join truncated response parts with whitespace-aware separator (#78577)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `38e44ed449691b3cad9c8f3e37742cafc4cc4f25`, `1c9433897c7b8a3b2754a84875e8f86d0a42991a`, `#78577`
  - files: `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_truncated_parts_join.py`
- **#81133: fix(agent): stop the session wedging after the continuation ceiling is exhausted**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#81627`

## Fix status

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