# NousResearch/hermes-agent · GLM-5.3 graded reasoning_effort support fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where GLM-5.3 was incorrectly handled by a version-check function meant for GLM-5.2, causing the provider to send only binary thinking signals instead of the graded reasoning_effort values (low/medium/high/max) that GLM-5.3 supports.

## 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 #91844. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #91844 (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-91844`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91789: \[Bug\] zai: glm-5.3 accepts graded reasoning_effort (low/medium/high/max) but provider plugin only sends binary thinking — _is_glm_5_2() misses glm-5.3

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91844: fix: GLM-5.3 low/medium reasoning effort no longer clamps to high (#91789)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/reasoning_effort.py`, `plugins/model-providers/zai/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/model_providers/test_zai_profile.py`
- **#91840: fix(zai): send graded reasoning_effort for glm-5.3, not just binary thinking**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91844`, `#91789`
- **#91965: fix(opencode): emit graded reasoning_effort for glm-5.3 on opencode-go**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#91844`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #91844 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `agent/transports`