Hermes Agent changelog & version tracker
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Hermes Agent v0.21.1 (v2026.9.7) released — patch rollup since v0.21.0
v0.21.1 (tagged v2026.9.7, Sept 7 2026) rolls up main since v0.21.0 (~5,139 non-merge commits, 632 merged PRs) for tagged deployments and downstream consumers. No provider/model-id/systemd-specific changes are called out; the release notes explicitly defer full curated highlights, including intervening patch details, to v0.22.0.
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Hermes Agent v0.21.0 "The Pantheon Release" ships — Bot Mode bundled into desktop, hermes-peer bot DMs, cron gains persistent memory
v0.21.0 rolls up all v0.20.1–v0.20.6 infrastructure patch tags into one curated release (~5,800 commits, ~2,475 merged PRs, ~2,100 issues closed since v0.20.0). Headline changes: Bot Mode is now a bundled, default-on part of the desktop app (named agent profiles, avatars, group chats, @-mentions); a new `hermes peer` command lets any Hermes agent DM any other by handle across profiles/gateways, with replies landing in each agent's canonical Bot Chat; cron jobs now load/update persistent memory, support `continuity=true` run-to-run carry-forward, get a durable scratchpad, and monitor-mode jobs can skip the LLM entirely when nothing changed; `delegate_task` subagents can be listed, steered live mid-flight, or stopped early with partial results kept; the MCP surface and desktop browser control were expanded. No changes to AgentOcean's install path or provider/model-id config mechanics are called out in the notes, but cron-memory and hermes-peer features touch shared gateway state relevant to headless single-gateway topologies.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.6 (v2026.8.27) — patch rollup, ~525 PRs
Tagged 2026-08-27. Rolls up ~1,313 commits across ~1,557 files (~525 merged PRs) since v0.20.5. Notable items: consent-gated real-profile Chromium browsing; desktop Browser gains its own OS window with managed SSH remote-update engine and fleet profile rail; remote MCP catalog expansion (50+ live-verified vendor-hosted servers incl. Cloudflare, Grafana Cloud, Better Stack, Railway); TTL result caching for web_search/web_extract; lean-tail compression now default; multi-query tool_search with stemming; opt-in OS-keychain encryption for stored secrets; updaters now pause gateways over the control socket instead of tree-killing them; image/package-managed installs refuse unsafe in-place updates (#91277 Phase 3); cron durable-incident acks; Slack link-unfurl controls; shared Docker container identities; pluggable terminal environment backends; new model pickers including GLM-5.3-Flash, MiniMax M3 free, MiniMax H3 Max video. Full curated notes deferred to v0.21.0.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.5 (v2026.8.19) — patch rollup, ~323 PRs
Tagged 2026-08-21. ~746 commits across ~1,250 files (~323 merged PRs) since v0.20.4. Items: Bot Mode group-room threads, foldable conversation summaries, blob-face avatars, PDF/file attachments with drag-and-drop; keyless web tier (5-vendor free rotation with ring failover, web search on fresh installs with zero keys); CLI polish (fuzzy /model picker, Ctrl+P command palette, richer /status); execution-discipline and runtime stall guards; hermes update receipts and fleet --plan verification; hermes worktree list/prune; opencode-free zero-auth provider; multi-question clarify; desktop perf (paint-first Bot Mode hydration, compositor spinners, React Compiler in both renderers); cron jobs gain persistent memory and per-job reasoning effort.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.4 (v2026.8.18) — patch rollup, ~74 PRs
Tagged 2026-08-18. ~146 commits across ~265 files (~74 merged PRs). Desktop glass/translucency work, tabbed SESSIONS|BOTS sidebar with per-bot hide/unhide, Bot Mode group-chat fixes, NVIDIA SkillEvaluator Tier 1 advisory scanning on skill installs (license + security checks), cron media-send hardening, SessionDB event-loop-thread and contention fixes, hermes update parked-branch honesty, kanban native OS notifications.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.3 (v2026.8.16.2) — patch rollup, ~125 PRs
Tagged 2026-08-17. ~250 commits across ~461 files (~125 PRs). MCP 2.x SDK migration and 2026-07-28 stateless protocol support; bundled Bot Mode (hermes-bots) plugin with core teammate protocol; CommandCode provider plugin; subprocess Python runtime ownership hardening (PYTHONHOME/PYTHONPATH isolation); Cua Driver 0.20 runtime contracts for computer use; kanban worktree/dispatch fixes; cron continuity flags; desktop remote-gateway headers and connection self-healing; cron scheduler self-heal (EMFILE recovery, stale-claim reconciliation, wedged-job re-arm); session handoff data-loss fixes.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (v2026.8.16) — patch rollup, ~397 PRs
Tagged 2026-08-16. ~967 commits across ~1,279 files (~397 PRs) since v0.20.1. Desktop app: multi-gateway Connections registry, profile-scoped refreshes, MCP health checks and deep links. CLI: Windows update probes, Kitty keyboard protocol, chat -c hardening. Gateway: persisted model routes, /loop completion, Telegram DM topics. Prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire. Cron hardening. Auth resolution through profile scopes. Installer robustness on Linux and Windows.
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Hermes Agent v0.20.1 (v2026.8.13) — patch rollup, ~656 PRs / 1,444 commits
Tagged 2026-08-13. Broad stabilization rollup touching desktop, gateway, installers, tool system, and provider catalogs; 2,172 files changed, ~481 issues closed.
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Hermes Agent v0.19.1 (v2026.7.30)
# Hermes Agent v0.19.1 (v2026.7.30) **Release Date:** July 30, 2026 > Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~1,000+ PRs merged since v0.19.0 into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, fresh installs). --- ## About this release Since v2026.7.20 (v0.19.0, July 20): **~2,789 commits · ~4,748 files changed · ~442,000 insertions · ~392,300 deletions** on `main`. This window is dominated by bug-fix and salvage waves across the gateway, voice subsystem, desktop app, and installer, plus continued platform work (Buzz/Nostr channel, FLUX3 video generation and delivery, Telegram media reliability, voice-mode regressions). **Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.20.0**, which will document everything from v0.19.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped. ## Updating ```bash hermes update # or fresh install: curl -fsSL https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/install.sh | bash ``` **Full Changelog**: [v2026.7.20...v2026.7.30](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.7.20...v2026.7.30)
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Hermes Agent v0.18.2 (2026.7.7.2)
# Hermes Agent v0.18.2 (v2026.7.7.2) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Same-day patch on top of v0.18.1, picking up the WhatsApp Baileys dependency fix needed for tagged-release Docker builds. --- ## What's in this patch - **fix(whatsapp): unpin Baileys from git commit, use published 7.0.0-rc13** ([#60643](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/60643)) — the WhatsApp bridge dependency now installs from the published npm release instead of a pinned git commit, making installs and Docker image builds reliable. Full curated release notes for the entire post-v0.18.0 window ship with v0.19.0. ## Updating ```bash hermes update # existing installs pip install -U hermes-agent ``` **Full Changelog**: [v2026.7.7...v2026.7.7.2](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.7.7...v2026.7.7.2)
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Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (2026.7.7)
# Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (v2026.7.7) **Release Date:** July 7, 2026 > Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~660 PRs merged since v0.18.0 (July 1) — bug fixes, hardening, and in-progress feature work — into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, PyPI installs). --- ## About this release This is an infrastructure-driven patch tag rather than a fully curated release. Since v0.18.0 shipped six days ago, main has accumulated roughly **667 commits across ~990 files (+89.5k/−10.4k lines)**, including installer/updater self-healing on Windows, dashboard and gateway fixes, WhatsApp dashboard pairing, MCP and provider fixes, and a large volume of stability work. **Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.19.0**, which will document everything from v0.18.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped; it's documented in the next minor release. ## Updating ```bash hermes update # existing installs pip install -U hermes-agent ``` **Full Changelog**: [v2026.7.1...v2026.7.7](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.7.1...v2026.7.7)
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Hermes Agent v0.17.0 (v2026.6.19)
# Hermes Agent v0.17.0 (v2026.6.19) **Release Date:** June 19, 2026 **Since v0.16.0:** ~1,475 commits · ~800 merged PRs · 1,693 files changed · 235,390 insertions · 50,730 deletions · 300+ issues closed · 245 community contributors > **The Reach Release.** v0.16.0 put Hermes on your desktop. v0.17.0 is about how far that reach extends — across new places to talk to it, deeper into the tools you already use, and out to the people running Hermes for a team. Hermes reached two new channels (iMessage via Photon, and the Raft agent network), the desktop app gained substantial new capability, subagents can now run in the background, image generation learned to edit, and Cursor's Composer model is reachable through an xAI Grok subscription. The dashboard got a full profile builder and secure login, the Skills Hub browser was rehauled, the `memory` tool got a major upgrade, and the curator stopped spending aux-model budget on every routine run. 300+ issues closed ride along, plus a security round. ## ✨ Highlights - **Hermes reaches iMessage — Photon Spectrum, no Mac relay required** — There's now an iMessage platform plugin built on Photon's managed line pool. Run `hermes photon login`, authenticate with a device code, and Hermes can send and receive iMessage — no Mac sitting in a closet running a relay, no BlueBubbles bridge to babysit. It's positioned as the successor to BlueBubbles: free to start, nothing to self-host. If your friends and family live in the blue bubbles, Hermes lives there now too. ([#32348](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/32348), [#42582](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/42582), [#44713](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/44713) — @teknium1) - **Raft — Hermes joins the Raft agent network as a gateway channel** — A new bundled Raft platform adapter lets Hermes connect to [Raft](https://raft.build) as an external agent through a wake-channel bridge. Set `RAFT_PROFILE`, run the bridge, and Raft can wak
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Hermes Agent v0.16.0 (2026.6.5) — The Surface Release
# Hermes Agent v0.16.0 (v2026.6.5) **Release Date:** June 5, 2026 **Since v0.15.2:** 874 commits · 542 merged PRs · 1,962 files changed · 205,216 insertions · 46,217 deletions · 399 issues closed (2 P0, 62 P1, 16 security-tagged) · 170 community contributors (including co-authors) > **The Surface Release.** Hermes meets you wherever you work. A brand-new native desktop app — built across 100 PRs and 159 commits in a single week — gives you Hermes as a real macOS/Linux/Windows application: one-click install, in-app self-update, drag-and-drop files into chat, an inline model picker in the status bar, concurrent multi-profile sessions, a full Simplified Chinese translation, and the ability to connect to a remote Hermes gateway over OAuth or username/password. Alongside it, the web dashboard grew a full browser-based administration panel (MCP catalog, messaging channels, credentials, webhooks, memory, pluggable OIDC / username-password login), and first-time setup got a "Quick Setup via Nous Portal" path that gets you from install to first message in seconds. The default skill set was trimmed to what you actually need, NVIDIA/skills joined the trusted Skills Hub taps, the model picker is now fuzzy-searchable everywhere (desktop, web, TUI, CLI), and `/undo` finally lets you take back the last N turns. 2 P0 and 62 P1 closures ride along, plus a security round (CVE-2026-48710 Starlette pin, SSRF off-loop hardening, subprocess credential stripping). --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Hermes Desktop — a real native app, not a terminal wrapper** — This is the headline. There's now a `apps/desktop/` Electron application that installs like any other desktop app on macOS, Linux, and Windows, updates itself in place from inside the app, and gives you a polished GUI for everything Hermes does. You get a proper chat window with streaming, a session list you can archive and search, drag-and-drop files anywhere in the chat area, clipboard image paste, a Cmd+K command palette, and a model p
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Hermes Agent v0.15.2 (2026.5.29.2)
# Hermes Agent v0.15.2 (v2026.5.29.2) **Release Date:** May 29, 2026 ## 🐛 Bug Fixes - Packaging): ship bundled plugin.yaml manifests in wheel and sdist ([`827f7f07`](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/commit/827f7f07825be57108cbea18325e8f5e9fb5d2f2)) ## 👥 Contributors Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release! - @outsourc-e (1 commit) - @dparikh79 (1 commit) - @ousiaresearch (1 commit) - @libre-7 (1 commit) **Full Changelog**: [v2026.5.29...v2026.5.29.2](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.5.29...v2026.5.29.2)
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Hermes Agent v0.15.1 (2026.5.29) — The Patch Release
# Hermes Agent v0.15.1 (v2026.5.29) **Release Date:** May 29, 2026 **Since v0.15.0:** 28 commits · 21 merged PRs · hotfix release · 9 contributors > **The Patch Release.** A same-day hotfix for v0.15.0. Headline fix: the dashboard infinite-reload loop that hit anyone running v0.15.0 in loopback mode (Docker, hosted Hermes, fresh installs). A handful of other v0.15.0 follow-ups go along for the ride — kanban worker SIGTERM, `/model` picker unification, `/yolo` session bypass, the full 19,932-entry skills.sh catalog, `.md` media delivery restoration, gateway probe-stepdown safety, web-URL redaction passthrough, kanban worker vision on referenced images, hindsight observation-default. Docker users get an explicit `--insecure` opt-in env var (no more bind-host inference), MCP server bare-command PATH resolution, and arm64 PR-build cache fixes. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Dashboard 401 reload loop fixed** — In loopback mode the dashboard's identity probe (`/api/auth/me`) returns 401 by design, but v0.15.0's stale-token reload guard treated every 401 as a rotated session token and full-page-reloaded to pick up a fresh one. Every successful sibling call cleared the one-shot reload guard, so the page reload-looped forever (Firefox: "Navigated to /sessions" storm; Chrome: React re-render storm). Fix adds an `allowUnauthorized` opt-out to `fetchJSON` that skips only the loopback stale-token reload — 401 still throws so `AuthWidget` swallows it, gated-mode `login_url` redirects are unaffected. Closes [#34206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/34206), [#34202](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/34202). ([#30698](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/30698) — @austinpickett) - **Docker dashboard `--insecure` is now an explicit env opt-in, never derived from bind host** — Previously the Docker entrypoint inferred `--insecure` when the dashboard bound to a non-loopback host. That conflated "I want LAN access" with "I want to disable
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Hermes Agent v0.15.0 (2026.5.28) — The Velocity Release
# Hermes Agent v0.15.0 (v2026.5.28) **Release Date:** May 28, 2026 **Since v0.14.0:** 1,302 commits · 747 merged PRs · 1,746 files changed · 282,712 insertions · 36,699 deletions · 560+ issues closed (15 P0, 65 P1, 19 security-tagged) · 321 community contributors (including co-authors) > **The Velocity Release.** Hermes gets dramatically faster — to start, to run, to ship work, and to grow. The 16,083-line `run_agent.py` collapses to 3,821 (-76%) across 14 cohesive `agent/*` modules. Kanban grew into a real multi-agent platform across 104 PRs — orchestrator auto-decomposition, swarm topology, scheduled tasks, worktree-per-task, per-task model overrides. The cold-start perf wave keeps going: another second shaved off launch, 47% fewer per-conversation function calls, `hermes --version` flipping the head-to-head benchmark against Codex CLI. `session_search` is 4,500× faster and free now. Promptware defense lands against Brainworm-class attacks. Bitwarden Secrets Manager replaces N per-provider API keys with one bootstrap token. Skill bundles let one slash command load a whole workflow. The Ink TUI gets a multi-session orchestrator. Two new image_gen providers (Krea 2 Medium + Large, FAL ported to plugin), the Nous-approved MCP catalog with an interactive picker, an OpenHands orchestration skill, ntfy as the 23rd messaging platform, and a deep xAI integration round (Web Search plugin, xai-oauth `hermes proxy` upstream, retired-May-15 model detection + `hermes migrate xai`, natural TTS speech-tag pauses, base_url leak guard, OpenAI-style execution guidance for Grok). 15 P0 + 65 P1 closures alongside. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **The Big Refactor — `run_agent.py` is no longer 16,000 lines** — The file at the heart of Hermes — the agent conversation loop — has been reduced from 16,083 lines to 3,821 (-76%), with the extracted code redistributed across 14 cohesive modules under `agent/`. Behavior is unchanged: every extraction keeps a thin forwarder on `AIAgent`, every tes
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Hermes Agent v0.14.0 (2026.5.16)
# Hermes Agent v0.14.0 (v2026.5.16) **Release Date:** May 16, 2026 **Since v0.13.0:** 808 commits · 633 merged PRs · 1393 files changed · 165,061 insertions · 545 issues closed (12 P0, 50 P1) · 215 community contributors (including co-authors) > The Foundation Release — Hermes installs and runs anywhere, ships with the things you actually want to use, and stops shipping the things you don't. xAI Grok lands as a SuperGrok OAuth provider with grok-4.3 bumped to a 1M context window. A new OpenAI-compatible local proxy turns any OAuth-authed Hermes provider — Claude Pro, ChatGPT Pro, SuperGrok — into an endpoint that Codex / Aider / Cline / Continue can hit. `x_search` lands as a first-class X (Twitter) search tool with OAuth-or-API-key auth. The Microsoft Teams stack is wired end-to-end (Graph auth + webhook listener + pipeline runtime + outbound delivery). A debloating wave makes installs dramatically lighter — heavyweight backends now lazy-install on first use, the `[all]` extras drop everything covered by lazy-deps, and a tiered install falls back when a wheel rejects on your platform. `pip install hermes-agent` works from PyPI. The cold-start wave shaves ~19 seconds off `hermes` launch. Browser CDP calls are 180x faster. Two new messaging platforms (LINE + SimpleX Chat) bring the total to 22. Cross-session 1-hour Claude prompt caching, `/handoff` that actually transfers sessions live, native button UI for `clarify` on Telegram and Discord, Discord channel history backfill, LSP semantic diagnostics on every write, a unified pluggable `video_generate`, a `computer_use` cua-driver backend that finally works with non-Anthropic providers, clickable URLs in any terminal, Zed ACP Registry integration via `uvx`, native Windows beta, 9 new optional skills, OpenRouter Pareto Code router, huggingface/skills as a trusted default tap. 12 P0 + 50 P1 closures. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **xAI Grok via SuperGrok OAuth — and grok-4.3 jumps to a 1M context window** — If you pay for
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Hermes Agent v0.13.0 (2026.5.7) — The Tenacity Release
# Hermes Agent v0.13.0 (v2026.5.7) **Release Date:** May 7, 2026 **Since v0.12.0:** 864 commits · 588 merged PRs · 829 files changed · 128,366 insertions · 282 issues closed (13 P0, 36 P1) · 295 community contributors (including co-authors) > The Tenacity Release — Hermes Agent now finishes what it starts. Kanban ships as a durable multi-agent board (heartbeat, reclaim, zombie detection, auto-block on incomplete exit, per-task retries, hallucination recovery). `/goal` keeps the agent locked on a target across turns (Ralph loop). Checkpoints v2 rewrites state persistence with real pruning. Gateway auto-resumes interrupted sessions after restart. Cron grows a `no_agent` watchdog mode. A security wave closes 8 P0s — redaction is now ON by default, Discord role-allowlists are guild-scoped, WhatsApp rejects strangers by default, and TOCTOU windows close across auth.json and MCP OAuth. Google Chat becomes the 20th platform. Providers become a pluggable surface. Seven i18n locales ship. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Multi-agent Kanban — delegate to an AI team that actually finishes** — Spin up a durable board, drop tasks on it, and let multiple Hermes workers pick them up, hand off, and close them out. Heartbeats, reclaim, zombie detection, retry budgets, and a hallucination gate keep the team honest. One install, many kanbans. ([#17805](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17805), [#19653](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/19653), [#20232](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/20232), [#20332](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/20332), [#21330](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/21330), [#21183](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/21183), [#21214](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/21214)) - **`/goal` — the agent doesn't forget what you asked it to do** — Lock the agent onto a target and it stays on task across turns. The Ralph loop as a first-class primitive. ([#18262](htt
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Hermes Agent v0.12.0 (2026.4.30)
# Hermes Agent v0.12.0 (v2026.4.30) **Release Date:** April 30, 2026 **Since v0.11.0:** 1,096 commits · 550 merged PRs · 1,270 files changed · 217,776 insertions · 213 community contributors (including co-authors) > The Curator release — Hermes Agent now maintains itself. An autonomous background Curator grades, prunes, and consolidates your skill library on its own schedule. The self-improvement loop that reviews what to save got a substantial upgrade. Four new inference providers, a 18th messaging platform, a 19th via Teams plugin, native Spotify + Google Meet integrations, ComfyUI and TouchDesigner-MCP moved from optional to bundled-by-default, and a ~57% cut to visible TUI cold start. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Autonomous Curator** — `hermes curator` runs as a background agent on the gateway's cron ticker (7-day cycle default). It grades your skill library, consolidates related skills, prunes dead ones, and writes per-run reports to `logs/curator/run.json` + `REPORT.md`. Archived skills are classified consolidated-vs-pruned via model + heuristic. Defense-in-depth gates protect bundled/hub skills from mutation. Unified under `auxiliary.curator` — pick the curator's model in `hermes model`, manage it from the dashboard. `hermes curator status` ranks skills by usage (most-used / least-used). ([#17277](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17277), [#17307](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17307), [#17941](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17941), [#17868](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/17868), [#18033](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/18033)) - **Self-improvement loop — substantially upgraded** — The background review fork (the core of Hermes' self-improvement: after each turn it decides what memories/skills to save or update) is now class-first (rubric-based rather than free-form), active-update biased (prefers the skill the agent just loaded), handles `references/`/`templates/` sub
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Hermes Agent v0.11.0 (2026.4.23)
# Hermes Agent v0.11.0 (v2026.4.23) **Release Date:** April 23, 2026 **Since v0.9.0:** 1,556 commits · 761 merged PRs · 1,314 files changed · 224,174 insertions · 29 community contributors (290 including co-authors) > The Interface release — a full React/Ink rewrite of the interactive CLI, a pluggable transport architecture underneath every provider, native AWS Bedrock support, five new inference paths, a 17th messaging platform (QQBot), a dramatically expanded plugin surface, and GPT-5.5 via Codex OAuth. This release also folds in all the highlights deferred from v0.10.0 (which shipped only the Nous Tool Gateway) — so it covers roughly two weeks of work across the whole stack. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **New Ink-based TUI** — `hermes --tui` is now a full React/Ink rewrite of the interactive CLI, with a Python JSON-RPC backend (`tui_gateway`). Sticky composer, live streaming with OSC-52 clipboard support, stable picker keys, status bar with per-turn stopwatch and git branch, `/clear` confirm, light-theme preset, and a subagent spawn observability overlay. ~310 commits to `ui-tui/` + `tui_gateway/`. (@OutThisLife + Teknium) - **Transport ABC + Native AWS Bedrock** — Format conversion and HTTP transport were extracted from `run_agent.py` into a pluggable `agent/transports/` layer. `AnthropicTransport`, `ChatCompletionsTransport`, `ResponsesApiTransport`, and `BedrockTransport` each own their own format conversion and API shape. Native AWS Bedrock support via the Converse API ships on top of the new abstraction. ([#10549](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/10549), [#13347](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/13347), [#13366](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/13366), [#13430](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/13430), [#13805](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/13805), [#13814](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/13814) — @kshitijk4poor + Teknium) - **Five new inference paths**
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Hermes Agent v0.10.0 (2026.4.16)
# Hermes Agent v0.10.0 (v2026.4.16) **Release Date:** April 16, 2026 > The Tool Gateway release — paid Nous Portal subscribers can now use web search, image generation, text-to-speech, and browser automation through their existing subscription with zero additional API keys. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Nous Tool Gateway** — Paid [Nous Portal](https://portal.nousresearch.com) subscribers now get automatic access to **web search** (Firecrawl), **image generation** (FAL / FLUX 2 Pro), **text-to-speech** (OpenAI TTS), and **browser automation** (Browser Use) through their existing subscription. No separate API keys needed — just run `hermes model`, select Nous Portal, and pick which tools to enable. Per-tool opt-in via `use_gateway` config, full integration with `hermes tools` and `hermes status`, and the runtime correctly prefers the gateway even when direct API keys exist. Replaces the old hidden `HERMES_ENABLE_NOUS_MANAGED_TOOLS` env var with clean subscription-based detection. ([#11206](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11206), based on work by @jquesnelle; docs: [#11208](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/11208)) --- ## 🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements This release includes 180+ commits with numerous bug fixes, platform improvements, and reliability enhancements across the agent core, gateway, CLI, and tool system. Full details will be published in the v0.11.0 changelog. --- ## 👥 Contributors - **@jquesnelle** (emozilla) — Original Tool Gateway implementation ([#10799](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/10799)), salvaged and shipped in this release --- **Full Changelog**: [v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.4.13...v2026.4.16)
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Hermes Agent v0.9.0 (v2026.4.13)
# Hermes Agent v0.9.0 (v2026.4.13) **Release Date:** April 13, 2026 **Since v0.8.0:** 487 commits · 269 merged PRs · 167 resolved issues · 493 files changed · 63,281 insertions · 24 contributors > The everywhere release — Hermes goes mobile with Termux/Android, adds iMessage and WeChat, ships Fast Mode for OpenAI and Anthropic, introduces background process monitoring, launches a local web dashboard for managing your agent, and delivers the deepest security hardening pass yet across 16 supported platforms. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Local Web Dashboard** — A new browser-based dashboard for managing your Hermes Agent locally. Configure settings, monitor sessions, browse skills, and manage your gateway — all from a clean web interface without touching config files or the terminal. The easiest way to get started with Hermes. - **Fast Mode (`/fast`)** — Priority processing for OpenAI and Anthropic models. Toggle `/fast` to route through priority queues for significantly lower latency on supported models (GPT-5.4, Codex, Claude). Expands across all OpenAI Priority Processing models and Anthropic's fast tier. ([#6875](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6875), [#6960](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6960), [#7037](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/7037)) - **iMessage via BlueBubbles** — Full iMessage integration through BlueBubbles, bringing Hermes to Apple's messaging ecosystem. Auto-webhook registration, setup wizard integration, and crash resilience. ([#6437](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6437), [#6460](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6460), [#6494](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6494)) - **WeChat (Weixin) & WeCom Callback Mode** — Native WeChat support via iLink Bot API and a new WeCom callback-mode adapter for self-built enterprise apps. Streaming cursor, media uploads, markdown link handling, and atomic state persistence. Hermes now covers the Chinese messag
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Hermes Agent v0.8.0 (v2026.4.8)
# Hermes Agent v0.8.0 (v2026.4.8) **Release Date:** April 8, 2026 > The intelligence release — background task auto-notifications, free MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal, live model switching across all platforms, self-optimized GPT/Codex guidance, native Google AI Studio, smart inactivity timeouts, approval buttons, MCP OAuth 2.1, and 209 merged PRs with 82 resolved issues. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Background Process Auto-Notifications (`notify_on_complete`)** — Background tasks can now automatically notify the agent when they finish. Start a long-running process (AI model training, test suites, deployments, builds) and the agent gets notified on completion — no polling needed. The agent can keep working on other things and pick up results when they land. ([#5779](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5779)) - **Free Xiaomi MiMo v2 Pro on Nous Portal** — Nous Portal now supports the free-tier Xiaomi MiMo v2 Pro model for auxiliary tasks (compression, vision, summarization), with free-tier model gating and pricing display in model selection. ([#6018](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/6018), [#5880](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5880)) - **Live Model Switching (`/model` Command)** — Switch models and providers mid-session from CLI, Telegram, Discord, Slack, or any gateway platform. Aggregator-aware resolution keeps you on OpenRouter/Nous when possible, with automatic cross-provider fallback when needed. Interactive model pickers on Telegram and Discord with inline buttons. ([#5181](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5181), [#5742](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/5742)) - **Self-Optimized GPT/Codex Tool-Use Guidance** — The agent diagnosed and patched 5 failure modes in GPT and Codex tool calling through automated behavioral benchmarking, dramatically improving reliability on OpenAI models. Includes execution discipline guidance and thinking-only prefill continuation for structured reason
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Hermes Agent v0.7.0 (v2026.4.3)
# Hermes Agent v0.7.0 (v2026.4.3) **Release Date:** April 3, 2026 > The resilience release — pluggable memory providers, credential pool rotation, Camofox anti-detection browser, inline diff previews, gateway hardening across race conditions and approval routing, and deep security fixes across 168 PRs and 46 resolved issues. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Pluggable Memory Provider Interface** — Memory is now an extensible plugin system. Third-party memory backends (Honcho, vector stores, custom DBs) implement a simple provider ABC and register via the plugin system. Built-in memory is the default provider. Honcho integration restored to full parity as the reference plugin with profile-scoped host/peer resolution. ([#4623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4623), [#4616](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4616), [#4355](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4355)) - **Same-Provider Credential Pools** — Configure multiple API keys for the same provider with automatic rotation. Thread-safe `least_used` strategy distributes load across keys, and 401 failures trigger automatic rotation to the next credential. Set up via the setup wizard or `credential_pool` config. ([#4188](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4188), [#4300](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4300), [#4361](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4361)) - **Camofox Anti-Detection Browser Backend** — New local browser backend using Camoufox for stealth browsing. Persistent sessions with VNC URL discovery for visual debugging, configurable SSRF bypass for local backends, auto-install via `hermes tools`. ([#4008](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4008), [#4419](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4419), [#4292](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/4292)) - **Inline Diff Previews** — File write and patch operations now show inline diffs in the tool activity feed, giving you visual conf
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Hermes Agent v0.6.0 (v2026.3.30)
# Hermes Agent v0.6.0 (v2026.3.30) **Release Date:** March 30, 2026 > The multi-instance release — Profiles for running isolated agent instances, MCP server mode, Docker container, fallback provider chains, two new messaging platforms (Feishu/Lark and WeCom), Telegram webhook mode, Slack multi-workspace OAuth, 95 PRs and 16 resolved issues in 2 days. --- ## ✨ Highlights - **Profiles — Multi-Instance Hermes** — Run multiple isolated Hermes instances from the same installation. Each profile gets its own config, memory, sessions, skills, and gateway service. Create with `hermes profile create`, switch with `hermes -p <name>`, export/import for sharing. Full token-lock isolation prevents two profiles from using the same bot credential. ([#3681](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3681)) - **MCP Server Mode** — Expose Hermes conversations and sessions to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.) via `hermes mcp serve`. Browse conversations, read messages, search across sessions, and manage attachments — all through the Model Context Protocol. Supports both stdio and Streamable HTTP transports. ([#3795](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3795)) - **Docker Container** — Official Dockerfile for running Hermes Agent in a container. Supports both CLI and gateway modes with volume-mounted config. ([#3668](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3668), closes [#850](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/850)) - **Ordered Fallback Provider Chain** — Configure multiple inference providers with automatic failover. When your primary provider returns errors or is unreachable, Hermes automatically tries the next provider in the chain. Configure via `fallback_providers` in config.yaml. ([#3813](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/3813), closes [#1734](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/1734)) - **Feishu/Lark Platform Support** — Full gateway adapter for Feishu (飞书) and
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