# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Delegation routing for ready subagents between turns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #85647: Delegation routing: deliver ready batch children without waiting for siblings

These items address how delegated subagents or child tasks are routed and returned as they become ready, rather than waiting for all siblings to finish. A grouping mechanism is also introduced to join results per task.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104299. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104299 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #85647: Delegation routing: deliver ready batch children without waiting for siblings

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104299: delegate_task: ungrouped subagents return as they finish; per-task \`group\` joins results**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_async_delegation.py`, `tools/AGENTS.md`, `tools/async_delegation.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`, `tools/delegate_tool_dispatch.py`, `tools/process_registry_notifications.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md`
- **#76229: feat(delegation): route ready children between turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `028fe2c4c8`, `#104299`, `#76228`, `#76229`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104299 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.
- Subsystem: `agent`