# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent intent-ack continuation detection and fixes

## Open now

- 3 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #7975: Feature: provider-agnostic lazy-final auto-continue in run_agent final text path
- #38192: \[Bug\]:  chat_completions can stop after “Let me diagnose…” without tool calls
- #55664: intent-ack continuation never fires for non-English (CJK) responses — English-only regex in looks_like_codex_intermediate_ack
- PR #55670: fix(agent): add CJK future-ack and action markers to intent-ack continuation detector
- PR #55681: fix(agent): add CJK future-ack patterns for intent-ack continuation
- PR #55916: fix(agent): detect CJK future-ack phrases in intent-ack continuation

These items address detection and handling of intermediate acknowledgement responses (e.g. 'Let me diagnose…') where the agent stops prematurely instead of continuing, including fixes for CJK language support, chat_completions mode, and proposals to replace or generalize the heuristic approach.

## TL;DR

- 10 member(s): 3 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.17`: 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

- #7975: Feature: provider-agnostic lazy-final auto-continue in run_agent final text path
- #38192: \[Bug\]:  chat_completions can stop after “Let me diagnose…” without tool calls
- #55664: intent-ack continuation never fires for non-English (CJK) responses — English-only regex in looks_like_codex_intermediate_ack

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #12567: \[Feature\]: replace codex intermediate-ack heuristic with a cheap auxiliary completion classifier

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#55833: fix(agent): detect CJK intent-ack replies in looks_like_codex_intermediate_ack**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#52101`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#38217: fix(conversation_loop): apply ack-continuation guard in chat_completions mode (#38192)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#55670: fix(agent): add CJK future-ack and action markers to intent-ack continuation detector**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#55664`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/agent/test_intent_ack_continuation.py`
- **#55681: fix(agent): add CJK future-ack patterns for intent-ack continuation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#55664`, `#55670`, `#55670`, `#26913`, `#22059`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`
- **#55758: fix(agent): continue on CJK intent acknowledgements**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#55916: fix(agent): detect CJK future-ack phrases in intent-ack continuation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `381fa5084`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`

## Fix status

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