# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false positives in delegation template marker detection

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the regex or logic used to identify template placeholders incorrectly matched concrete delegation goals with structured syntax. The fix narrows the detection pattern to reduce false positives.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #81696. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #81696 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #81391: \[Bug\]: Concrete delegation goals are rejected as template placeholders

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81696: fix: post-merge audit follow-ups for estop, cron monitor/notepad, delegation batch gate**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/estop.py`, `cron/jobs.py`, `cron/notepad.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/cron/test_monitor_kind.py`, `tests/cron/test_notepad.py`, `tests/test_estop.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate_batch_validation.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#81392: fix(delegation): stop rejecting concrete goals with structured syntax**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#81696`
- **#81460: fix(delegate): narrow template-marker regex to avoid false positives (#81391)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#81392`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #81696 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-08`.