Luke The Dev(@iamlukethedev):Hermes merged 81 PRs on August 28 DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (15 PRs) • fix(desktop): stop the workspace pane and pooled sockets flickering at idle • fix(desktop): let the HUD drag onto another monitor • fix(desktop): 'This device' Capabilities scope reaches the local machine again under a remote regist... • fix(paths): display_hermes_home renders POSIX separators on Windows (kills ~/AppData\Local\hermes ch... VOICE & REAL-TIME (3 PRs) • fix(desktop): stop session-switch transcript flicker (supersedes #96130, #82899) • fix(update): gate the fork-upstream prompt for --yes and non-tty runs • fix(desktop): Bot Chat reopen refetches the transcript instead of the idle snapshot (#96183, salvage... DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (17 PRs) • feat(a2a): client tools config-gated — disabled unless enabled (−561 tok/call on unconfigured instal... • fix: strict positional providers no longer 400 on histories with displaced or replayed tool results ... • fix(agent): tool-pair sanitizers — whitespace ids pair, stale empty tool_calls drop, orphan logic un... • fix(desktop): a malformed mcp_servers entry no longer blanks the whole workspace (salvage #94338) SECURITY & SECRETS (2 PRs) • fix(agent): 413 recovery measures bytes, not token estimates (salvage #88960) • fix(browser): CDP screenshots survive redaction byte-identical — no more provider 400 invalid_image ... INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (5 PRs) • fix(gateway): /handoff works on multi-profile installs (salvage #91217, fixes #91216) • fix(gateway): event loop no longer freezes on hot blocking sites; ASYNC lint gate stops the class (s... • fix(gateway): stale model/provider keys no longer survive session model_config writes (salvage #9674... • fix(cron): manual-run prompt no longer dropped on the relay-fronted gateway forward STABILITY & FIXES (39 PRs) • fmt(js): npm run fix auto-fix • refactor(patch): V4A gated to OpenAI-family mains — replace-only base (−149 tok/call for every other... • fix(install): locked uv sync sees project config in BOTH Unix installers without re-exposing ambient... • fix(install): fresh installs keep hash-verified deps and Node 24.0-24.10 no longer dies at npm (salv... 81 new features and fixes

2026.08.29 01:34

Hermes merged 81 PRs on August 28 DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (15 PRs) • fix(desktop): stop the workspace pane and pooled sockets flickering at idle • fix(desktop): let the HUD drag onto another monitor • fix(desktop): 'This device' Capabilities scope reaches the local machine again under a remote regist... • fix(paths): display_hermes_home renders POSIX separators on Windows (kills ~/AppData\Local\hermes ch... VOICE & REAL-TIME (3 PRs) • fix(desktop): stop session-switch transcript flicker (supersedes #96130#, #82899#) • fix(update): gate the fork-upstream prompt for --yes and non-tty runs • fix(desktop): Bot Chat reopen refetches the transcript instead of the idle snapshot (#96183#, salvage... DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (17 PRs) • feat(a2a): client tools config-gated — disabled unless enabled (−561 tok/call on unconfigured instal... • fix: strict positional providers no longer 400 on histories with displaced or replayed tool results ... • fix(agent): tool-pair sanitizers — whitespace ids pair, stale empty tool_calls drop, orphan logic un... • fix(desktop): a malformed mcp_servers entry no longer blanks the whole workspace (salvage #94338#) SECURITY & SECRETS (2 PRs) • fix(agent): 413 recovery measures bytes, not token estimates (salvage #88960#) • fix(browser): CDP screenshots survive redaction byte-identical — no more provider 400 invalid_image ... INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (5 PRs) • fix(gateway): /handoff works on multi-profile installs (salvage #91217#, fixes #91216#) • fix(gateway): event loop no longer freezes on hot blocking sites; ASYNC lint gate stops the class (s... • fix(gateway): stale model/provider keys no longer survive session model_config writes (salvage #9674#... • fix(cron): manual-run prompt no longer dropped on the relay-fronted gateway forward STABILITY & FIXES (39 PRs) • fmt(js): npm run fix auto-fix • refactor(patch): V4A gated to OpenAI-family mains — replace-only base (−149 tok/call for every other... • fix(install): locked uv sync sees project config in BOTH Unix installers without re-exposing ambient... • fix(install): fresh installs keep hash-verified deps and Node 24.0-24.10 no longer dies at npm (salv... 81 new features and fixes

Luke The Dev@iamlukethedev

2026.08.28 03:54

Hermes merged 88 PRs on August 27 DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (16 PRs) • fix(desktop): Cronjobs pane collapses to a ribbon instead of vanishing (salvage #95956#) • fix(desktop): spare durable rows when a sibling backend still holds the lease (supersedes #65059#) • fix(model): coerce numeric custom provider names so Desktop can assign them • fix(serve): write machine sentinels to real fd 1 so the desktop handshake survives the stdout redire... VOICE & REAL-TIME (6 PRs) • fix(desktop): gate transcript budget cap so Show earlier works (supersedes #87686#) • feat(wecom): native reply streaming — typing bubble, per-turn isolation, dedup-safe delivery (salvag... • fix(sessions): don't let the empty-session sweep delete an archived transcript • fix(desktop/sessions): legacy NULL-owner session migration — single-match owner backfill + read-only... DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (18 PRs) • fix(cli): keep journey labels readable • fix(desktop): a Bots-pane click keeps the open bot chat focused (#96062#, salvage #96120#) • state.db journal mode has one owner: repair re-applies it, delegation guests stop flipping it (salva... • fix(gemini): embed images in Gemini 3.x for multimodal tool results SECURITY & SECRETS (2 PRs) • chore: AUTHOR_MAP — shauneccles (#95433#) + fedosis (#94996#) • fix(desktop): recover cloud auth through portal INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (11 PRs) • fix(gateway): size systemd TimeoutStopSec from the full stop budget incl. the cron drain floor (salv... • fix(tui-gateway): a reconnected session no longer dies to the old socket's disconnect teardown (#771#... • fix(gateway): keep sessions.json route when startup recovery succeeds with the same session id (salv... • fix(gateway): preserve exception type when error string is empty — stop duplicate delivery on httpx ... STABILITY & FIXES (35 PRs) • fix(cron): make a recurring job stuck in state=error recoverable again • fix(compression): dedupe current-turn rows when rotation splits the session mid-turn • fix(compression): retry a stalled summary on the fallback chain (#78981#) • fix(bot-mode): deliveries no longer break on Docker/remote terminal backends (salvage #95603#)

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