# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Strip internal fields from tool_calls for strict APIs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address the removal of internal fields (such as call_id and response_item_id) from tool_calls payloads, which are rejected by strict OpenAI-compatible endpoints including Mistral and Fireworks. The work also covers related chat payload sanitization and provider precedence handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #1253. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1253 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-1253`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #893: Strict OpenAI-compatible chat completions endpoints reject replayed tool_calls.call_id / response_item_id fields

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1253: fix: sanitize chat payloads and provider precedence**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/runtime_provider.py`, `run_agent.py`, `tests/test_batch_runner_checkpoint.py`, `tests/test_cli_provider_resolution.py`, `tests/test_provider_parity.py`, `tests/test_runtime_provider_resolution.py`
- **#903: fix: sanitize chat payloads and provider precedence**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1253`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1253 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-14`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `agent`