# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix delegate_task status on invalid output schema

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #96355: \[Bug\]: delegate_task can return completed when output_schema validation fails
- PR #96885: fix(tools): fail delegate_task closed when output_schema stays invalid

These items address a bug where delegated tasks incorrectly report a completed status even when the output has schema validation errors. The fixes ensure schema-invalid results from child tasks are reported as \`failed\` rather than completed.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96355: \[Bug\]: delegate_task can return completed when output_schema validation fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87530: fix(delegation): report schema-invalid child results as failed, not completed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5ce8f71553`, `#99232`, `#99049`
- **#96885: fix(tools): fail delegate_task closed when output_schema stays invalid**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#87530`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate_output_schema.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`

## Fix status

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