# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Blocked tools retrying until timeout bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #96579: same_tool_failure_halt guardrail excludes blocked=True results, letting a structurally-blocked tool retry until the turn times out
- PR #96598: fix(agent): stop blocked tools from retrying until timeout
- PR #96823: fix(agent): count blocked tool calls in guardrail failure counter (#96579)

A guardrail that halts on repeated tool failures was not counting blocked tool calls, allowing structurally-blocked tools to retry indefinitely until the turn timed out. The fix ensures blocked tool results are included in the failure counter.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #96579: same_tool_failure_halt guardrail excludes blocked=True results, letting a structurally-blocked tool retry until the turn times out

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96598: fix(agent): stop blocked tools from retrying until timeout**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_tool_call_guardrail_runtime.py`
- **#96823: fix(agent): count blocked tool calls in guardrail failure counter (#96579)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96598`, `#96579`, `#96823`
  - files: `agent/tool_executor.py`

## Fix status

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