# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegate task failure status reporting fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #82599: delegate_task reports status=completed for subagents that failed with a non-retryable client error (401)
- PR #103168: fix(delegate): fail child error summaries (#82599)

Multiple fixes addressing incorrect status and exit reason reporting when delegated subagent or child tasks encounter non-retryable errors. The work corrects cases where failures were misreported as completed, truncated, or otherwise inaccurate.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #99067. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #99067 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #82599: delegate_task reports status=completed for subagents that failed with a non-retryable client error (401)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99067: fix: subagent provider failures report exit_reason=error, not a false TRUNCATED banner (#97654, #97655, salvage #98129)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tests/tools/test_process_registry.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#91940: fix(delegate): report failed status for non-retryable subagent client errors (#82599)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#94503: fix(delegate): report non-retryable child failures accurately**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#99067`
- **#103168: fix(delegate): fail child error summaries (#82599)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#82599`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_child_run.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #99067 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-31`.
- Subsystem: `agent`