# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent iteration-limit stop missing summary or explanation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #92552: \[Bug\]: Turn exhausting agent.max_iterations stops silently (exit_reason=unknown) - no summary fallback, no explainer, status=complete
- PR #92563: fix(agent): explain turns stopped by iteration limits
- PR #126404: fix(agent): an empty-response retry no longer suppresses the iteration-limit summary

These members address a bug where an agent reaching its maximum iteration limit would stop silently without providing a summary or explanation. The fixes ensure proper exit reason reporting and explanatory output when turn limits are exhausted.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #92552: \[Bug\]: Turn exhausting agent.max_iterations stops silently (exit_reason=unknown) - no summary fallback, no explainer, status=complete

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92563: fix(agent): explain turns stopped by iteration limits**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `tests/agent/test_turn_finalizer_iteration_limit_exit.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_failed_turn_retention.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#126404: fix(agent): an empty-response retry no longer suppresses the iteration-limit summary**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6cf6af9f2a`, `#126439`
  - files: `agent/turn_final_response.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `tests/agent/test_empty_response_recovery_persistence.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`