NousResearch/hermes-agent

Agent turn stall watchdog detection and fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #99758 on 31 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern silent hangs during agent turns when no-progress goes undetected, and introduce or fix a liveness watchdog to surface and force-abort stalled turns. The gateway turn lease renewal behavior under client disconnect is also implicated.

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  • #99758 fix(agent): turn liveness watchdog surfaces silent turn stalls (#95548, salvage of #95663)

    merged to main

    files: agent/turn_liveness.py, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, run_agent.py, tests/agent/test_turn_liveness.py, tests/run_agent/test_turn_liveness_watchdog.py, website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #95663 fix(agent): turn liveness watchdog surfaces silent turn stalls (#95548) · superseded by another PR → #99758
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#95548Gateway turn hangs silently after slow model response + client disconnect — no no-progress watchdog force-aborts the turn, and the turn lease keeps renewing
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31 Aug 2026

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