Luke The Dev(@iamlukethedev):Hermes merged 48 PRs on October 22 The ones worth knowing: • Delegation is now pluggable: pick a backend (default, model map, or profiles), and Desktop gets a settings screen with a mode picker, model route editor and profile routes • Advanced delegation lands in the official plugin catalog • Desktop is on Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs • Drag sessions in the Desktop sidebar to pin or unpin them • Installing from Desktop is simpler: install with +, switch once installed, and tier badges show on the install dialog • Desktop group chats show which bot is working again • Fresh installs get their onboarding and free trial back, and the trial now runs cron and Kanban • Long answers from streaming process providers like Claude DirectSDK no longer get cut off by the stall timer • API turns that hit the iteration budget stop reporting "cancelled", and rate limited retries no longer look like loops • A chat whose working folder is gone now says so instead of "model request failed" • Edge TTS works again after a bump that clears its 403 • Core gets leaner: Singularity, hermes mcp serve, and agent import plus OpenClaw migration move out into plugins Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (11 PRs) • feat(desktop): delegation settings: mode picker, model-route editor, profile routes • feat(desktop): install with +, switch once installed; tier badges on the install dialog • feat(desktop): drag sessions to pin / unpin in the sidebar • fix(desktop): upgrade to Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs • fix(desktop): app sounds mute toggle, None chime, silent OS notifications • fix(desktop): give a fresh install its onboarding and free trial again • fix(desktop): show a setup answer once after a failed onboarding turn • fix(desktop): keep terminal instructions off the provider picker • refactor(desktop): delete what only the Desktop's own hermes serve reached • Desktop group chats show which bot is working again • Desktop update and core E2E pass again after the Electron 44 upgrade VOICE & REAL-TIME (1 PR) • fix(tts): bump edge-tts 7.2.7 to 7.3.1 to clear the Edge TTS 403 DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (17 PRs) • feat(delegation): pluggable delegation backends (default, model map, profiles) • refactor(delegation): the default delegation strategy is a bundled plugin • feat(mcp): webhook-mode MCP events client (experimental) • catalog: add advanced-delegation (official) • catalog: re-pin advanced-delegation to fec72bd (official) • plugin-catalog: advanced-delegation card image + re-pin to b3825d0 • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers to b5932f1 • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers (OpenClaw migration moved in) • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers (a fresh home no longer blocks the OpenClaw import) • Meshy catalog entry re-pinned to meshy-mcp-server 0.6.5 (Hermes named in Meshy's User-Agent) • refactor(terminal): the Singularity backend leaves core for the singularity plugin • refactor(cli): hermes mcp serve leaves core for the mcp-serve plugin • refactor(cli): hermes import-agent and OpenClaw migration leave core; setup offers to import from a found agent • fix(pm): a plugin whose pyproject installs nothing no longer rebuilds the dependency environment • ci: show cache hits and misses in the review comment • chore(deps): bump vitest to 4.1.12 • update uv & node, pin nix to same versions. SECURITY & SECRETS (1 PR) • fix(deps): bump webpack-dev-middleware 7.4.5 to 7.4.6 (high, GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c) INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (6 PRs) • feat: usage-window plan support • fix(gateway): serve onboarding on the session authority • fix(gateway): keep the error description on failed session-authority turns • fix(onboarding): review follow-ups: the trial runs cron and Kanban, reconnects keep their chat • fix(dashboard): toolset and channel edits validate in the target profile • A chat whose working folder is gone says so, instead of "model request failed" STABILITY & FIXES (12 PRs) • Long answers from streaming process providers (Claude DirectSDK) no longer get cancelled by the stall timer • API turns that hit the iteration budget no longer report "cancelled", and rate-limited retries no longer read as loops • fix(terminal): background launches on non-local backends report real failures and honour workdir • fix: uv resolution works again on newest uv • fix: drop vestigial requirements.txt • Stable installs on the gateway runtime are held at their build, not offered or refused v0.22.2 • Windows update from v0.22.4 publishes the new launcher and stamp across the Python repin • Windows install + update E2E fits the runner's disk again: journeys delete their install at teardown • Upgrade E2E builds the pre-handoff updater env from the lock again after the Pillow 13 override • chore(deps): bump opentelemetry to 1.45.1 and mistralai to 2.10.1 • chore: update base debian images to 2026-10-20 • test(pm): downloader connection-limit tests no longer count a finished request as concurrent (CI flake) 48 new features and fixes

2026.10.23 10:27

Hermes merged 48 PRs on October 22 The ones worth knowing: • Delegation is now pluggable: pick a backend (default, model map, or profiles), and Desktop gets a settings screen with a mode picker, model route editor and profile routes • Advanced delegation lands in the official plugin catalog • Desktop is on Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs • Drag sessions in the Desktop sidebar to pin or unpin them • Installing from Desktop is simpler: install with +, switch once installed, and tier badges show on the install dialog • Desktop group chats show which bot is working again • Fresh installs get their onboarding and free trial back, and the trial now runs cron and Kanban • Long answers from streaming process providers like Claude DirectSDK no longer get cut off by the stall timer • API turns that hit the iteration budget stop reporting "cancelled", and rate limited retries no longer look like loops • A chat whose working folder is gone now says so instead of "model request failed" • Edge TTS works again after a bump that clears its 403 • Core gets leaner: Singularity, hermes mcp serve, and agent import plus OpenClaw migration move out into plugins Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (11 PRs) • feat(desktop): delegation settings: mode picker, model-route editor, profile routes • feat(desktop): install with +, switch once installed; tier badges on the install dialog • feat(desktop): drag sessions to pin / unpin in the sidebar • fix(desktop): upgrade to Electron 44.9.3 without breaking fresh Windows installs • fix(desktop): app sounds mute toggle, None chime, silent OS notifications • fix(desktop): give a fresh install its onboarding and free trial again • fix(desktop): show a setup answer once after a failed onboarding turn • fix(desktop): keep terminal instructions off the provider picker • refactor(desktop): delete what only the Desktop's own hermes serve reached • Desktop group chats show which bot is working again • Desktop update and core E2E pass again after the Electron 44 upgrade VOICE & REAL-TIME (1 PR) • fix(tts): bump edge-tts 7.2.7 to 7.3.1 to clear the Edge TTS 403 DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (17 PRs) • feat(delegation): pluggable delegation backends (default, model map, profiles) • refactor(delegation): the default delegation strategy is a bundled plugin • feat(mcp): webhook-mode MCP events client (experimental) • catalog: add advanced-delegation (official) • catalog: re-pin advanced-delegation to fec72bd (official) • plugin-catalog: advanced-delegation card image + re-pin to b3825d0 • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers to b5932f1 • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers (OpenClaw migration moved in) • plugin-catalog: re-pin agent-importers (a fresh home no longer blocks the OpenClaw import) • Meshy catalog entry re-pinned to meshy-mcp-server 0.6.5 (Hermes named in Meshy's User-Agent) • refactor(terminal): the Singularity backend leaves core for the singularity plugin • refactor(cli): hermes mcp serve leaves core for the mcp-serve plugin • refactor(cli): hermes import-agent and OpenClaw migration leave core; setup offers to import from a found agent • fix(pm): a plugin whose pyproject installs nothing no longer rebuilds the dependency environment • ci: show cache hits and misses in the review comment • chore(deps): bump vitest to 4.1.12 • update uv & node, pin nix to same versions. SECURITY & SECRETS (1 PR) • fix(deps): bump webpack-dev-middleware 7.4.5 to 7.4.6 (high, GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c) INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (6 PRs) • feat: usage-window plan support • fix(gateway): serve onboarding on the session authority • fix(gateway): keep the error description on failed session-authority turns • fix(onboarding): review follow-ups: the trial runs cron and Kanban, reconnects keep their chat • fix(dashboard): toolset and channel edits validate in the target profile • A chat whose working folder is gone says so, instead of "model request failed" STABILITY & FIXES (12 PRs) • Long answers from streaming process providers (Claude DirectSDK) no longer get cancelled by the stall timer • API turns that hit the iteration budget no longer report "cancelled", and rate-limited retries no longer read as loops • fix(terminal): background launches on non-local backends report real failures and honour workdir • fix: uv resolution works again on newest uv • fix: drop vestigial requirements.txt • Stable installs on the gateway runtime are held at their build, not offered or refused v0.22.2 • Windows update from v0.22.4 publishes the new launcher and stamp across the Python repin • Windows install + update E2E fits the runner's disk again: journeys delete their install at teardown • Upgrade E2E builds the pre-handoff updater env from the lock again after the Pillow 13 override • chore(deps): bump opentelemetry to 1.45.1 and mistralai to 2.10.1 • chore: update base debian images to 2026-10-20 • test(pm): downloader connection-limit tests no longer count a finished request as concurrent (CI flake) 48 new features and fixes

Luke The Dev@iamlukethedev

2026.10.22 01:36

Hermes merged 59 PRs on October 21 The ones worth knowing: • MCP servers can now declare tool costs and a per-chat spend limit, and the approval prompt shows you what a call will cost • Big plugin catalog day: Meshy, bubblewrap, Singularity/Apptainer, inbox, workflow-record and cua-spaces all landed as plugins • hermes import-agent and the MCP server mode are moving out of core into official plugins, and the importer now handles Cursor • Terminal command output no longer disappears when a process has more than 1024 open file descriptors • You can set up the gateway's Webapp straight from Desktop settings • Installs and updates fall back to the Nous mirror when a tool's download host is down • hermes update on a damaged .git no longer leaves paused gateways stopped, and tells you how to repair it • Stable releases publish their Docker image again • Google connector results in context now route Nous requests to no-training endpoints • 18 dependency security bumps, including critical fixes for simple-git, tinypool and certifi • WhatsApp can be safely re-paired from the dashboard after logout • Desktop drops the suggestion pills above the composer and stops killing the gateway on quit Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (8 PRs) • feat(desktop): set up the gateway's Webapp from desktop settings • Desktop bundle builds survive slow R2 reads (Pre-build setup timeout 5 → 30 min) • Desktop plugin lint stops flagging prototype writes; review reads them by hand • fix(desktop): keep the approval-mode chip on the active profile mode • Desktop no longer shows suggestion pills above the composer • Desktop's stale-gateway restart no longer leaves the gateway as an app child that gets killed and blocks quit • Install/update desktop legs keep the mock reachable across steps and launch Windows checkpoints outside the runner's job • fix(install-e2e): desktop smoke accepts the canonical gateway Desktop attaches to DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (16 PRs) • MCP servers can declare tool costs and a per-chat spend limit; the approval prompt shows them • MCP servers see hermes-agent and its release in the handshake clientInfo • feat(mcp-catalog): add RentAHuman hosted MCP • feat(pm): pm update can skip a lagging target, and failed pins name their URL • fix(plugins): a plugin declaring no dependencies skips the empty consent step and enables • Meshy joins the plugin catalog as an official plugin • Meshy catalog entry picks up in-place animations and image-saving fixes • plugin-catalog: cua-spaces 0.4.0 • plugin-catalog: add bubblewrap (official bwrap terminal backend, Linux) • plugin-catalog: add mcp-serve (official; Hermes as an MCP server leaving core) • plugin-catalog: add agent-importers (hermes import-agent leaves core, adds Cursor) • plugin-catalog: add singularity (official Singularity/Apptainer terminal backend) • plugin-catalog: add inbox (hermes inbox, Hermes Labs) • Catalog: add workflow-record (hermes record, Hermes Labs) • Catalog: Telegram Business moves to hermes-labs-plugins (community tier) • docs: fix dead anchors and orphaned guides, sync zh-Hans skill catalogs, add 25 user stories SECURITY & SECRETS (18 PRs) • fix(deps): bump simple-git 3.36.0 → 4.0.2 (critical, GHSA-x6jw-m9v5-85vh) • fix(deps): bump tinypool 1.1.1 → 2.2.0 (critical, GHSA-85c8-ppgw-ccpr) • fix(deps): bump certifi 2026.5.20 → 2026.10.19 (critical, GHSA-6q48-6c7w-9gw2) • fix(deps): bump browserslist → 4.29.3 (high, GHSA-c83g-rgw3-j3cx) • fix(deps): bump nanoid 3.x to 3.3.20 (high, GHSA-2v37-7h3g-55p8) • fix(deps): bump @ xmldom/xmldom 0.8.13 → 0.8.15, 0.9.10 → 0.9.12 (high) • fix(deps): bump follow-redirects 1.16.0 → 1.16.1 (high, GHSA-q3jh-wrc6-jgq8) • fix(deps): bump vite 8.2.0 → 8.2.4 (high, GHSA-587h-7wmj-h5pm) • fix(deps): bump aiohttp 3.14.3 → 3.14.5 (high, GHSA-9xw5-w5jj-pvcg) • fix(deps): bump svgo 3.3.4 → 3.3.5 in website (high, GHSA-w27v-7q3p-w38r) • fix(deps): bump js-yaml 4.3.1 → 4.3.2 in website (high, GHSA-2883-xcg3-v3hh) • fix(deps): bump launch-editor 2.14.1 → 2.14.2 in website (high, GHSA-587h-7wmj-h5pm) • fix(deps): bump postcss-selector-parser → 7.1.6 (medium, GHSA-rj75-hqrm-r3gf) • fix(deps): bump oauthlib 3.3.1 → 4.0.0 (medium, GHSA-xpv3-w29h-x7cv) • fix(deps): bump sanitize-html 2.17.7 → 2.18.1 (medium, GHSA-cv27-6wvh-8x7j) • fix(deps): bump qs 6.15.3 → 6.16.0 in website (medium, GHSA-4mjr-xmp4-gh2g) • fix(deps): bump colord 2.9.3 → 2.10.0 in website (medium, GHSA-2wm5-q62r-hmrv) • fix(deps): bump katex 0.16.47 → 0.18.4 (low, GHSA-238p-pmpm-9mq7) INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (2 PRs) • Google connector results in context route Nous requests to no-training endpoints • fix(dashboard): allow safe WhatsApp re-pairing after logout STABILITY & FIXES (15 PRs) • fix(terminal): command output no longer vanishes above 1024 open fds • hermes update on a damaged .git no longer leaves paused gateways stopped, and names the repair • Installs and updates fall back to the Nous mirror when a tool's download host is down • fix(gateway): a starting gateway never shows clients a half-written control pointer • fix(gateway): stamp an unproven --replace refusal startup_failed so the next start wins • SessionDB startup no longer reports a vanished WAL sidecar as read-only • fix(state): stop offering the ~60% FTS rebuild to stores that already ran it • fix: a refused skill_manage write reads neutral on the CLI, Desktop and answer-only mode • feat(shared-metrics): offer two consent answers, drop collect-only • Stable releases publish their Docker image again (manifest-list jobs back on GitHub runners) • Stable releases publish their Docker image again (buildx pin no longer falls back to v0.23.0) • feat(ci): pin docker buildx version to v0.31.8 • ci: run registry-side imagetools jobs on current buildx • Release install/update tests run on GitHub runners again • Termux assembly test no longer turns main red when the container daemon hangs 59 new features and fixes

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