Hermes merged 122 PRs on October 23 The ones worth knowing: • Browser automation now runs only on browser_exec. agent-browser and the built-in browser tools are gone, and Camofox moves to a plugin • MCP trust prompts finally stick: Allow for this session and Always are remembered per tool, and YOLO mode stops asking about untrusted MCP writes (spend limits still ask) • Every Nous sign-in is now the plain device login, and your free-tier guest session hands over to your account after you sign in • Desktop plugins get a lot more room: their own folder plus folders you grant, right-click rows in the composer, Kanban card badges, and posting into their own chat • Desktop plugins can only script the preview Browser with a declared capability and your per-site consent • The plugin catalog now enforces requires_hermes at install and update, so incompatible plugins stop sneaking in • /delegation settings now save for your next session, and --now rebuilds the current session's tools • Named custom providers keep their identity through persistence, session info and resume • browser_vault can ask you for codes and logins right inside Desktop chats • Windows: hermes update keeps a real hermes.exe after a Python repin, and cold-cache desktop builds compile again • Quick Setup offers to keep a model you imported from another agent • Dozens of new catalog plugins and bumps, including Windows port and event-log tools, a Hebrew language pack, a Reka provider and a Godot game studio Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (10 PRs) • Desktop plugin cards can post into their own chat, not the active one • feat(desktop): plugins can use their own folder and user-granted folders (ctx.files) • fix(desktop): the sign-in result shows where you signed in and refreshes connectors • Desktop plugins can add rows to the composer's right-click menu and teach the spell checker a word (app-owned slot) • feat(desktop): app-owned Kanban card badge slot in the plugin SDK • feat(desktop): sign-in result shows who signed in and what moved • Desktop: allow opening canonical Bot Chats in new tabs • fix(desktop): keep native audio/video overflow menus open • Windows x64 MSIX smoke launches the app again, and says why when a launch dies • Windows desktop builds compile cold-cache sdists again (short uv path, no MAX_PATH LNK1104) VOICE & REAL-TIME (3 PRs) • plugin-catalog: bump speechify to 0.1.2 • feat(plugin-catalog): add hermes-soniox • plugin-catalog: add walkie-talkie DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (67 PRs) • docs(tools): every tool's catalog line says what it does: image_generate no longer hides edit + reference images • feat(tools): terminal backends can declare that file tools go through the sandbox • chore(plugin-catalog): re-pin bubblewrap to da8d324 (1.2.1) • chore(plugin-catalog): re-pin bubblewrap to 35d24e4 (1.2.0) • plugin-catalog: re-pin langfuse to e1f1614 (reasoning tokens, served model, opt-in user attribution) • chore(plugin-catalog): re-pin bubblewrap to 24d49a4 (1.1.0) • catalog: land five reviewed entries from push-refused forks (sweep 1023) • chore(plugin-catalog): update hermes-lang-ko to 0.2.4 • chore(catalog): bump git-tasks to 5b427c3 • catalog: pin hermes-subscription-meter to 0.7.0 • feat(plugins): enforce the catalog's requires_hermes at install and update • catalog: re-pin advanced-delegation to e404b68 (manifest requires_hermes >=0.22.5) • catalog: re-pin advanced-delegation to f78b39e (official) • Add ChorePilot to the plugin catalog • plugin-catalog: bump hermes-cron to 1.5.2 (Hermes 0.22.4/0.22.5: self-set pauses, headless tick skips, settled deliveries) • feat(delegation): /delegation saves for the next session; --now rebuilds this session's tools • plugin-catalog: bump hermes-lcm-x to 0.28.1 • feat(plugin-catalog): add adkit plugin • fix(plugin-catalog): show Magi cover banner • catalog: pin storm-fusion-research 0.5.0 • feat(plugin-catalog): add nord-theme plugin • plugin-catalog: bump nachos to 0.5.4 • plugin-catalog: update hermes-seo to 0.1.2 • plugin-catalog: add profile-switcher • feat(plugin-catalog): add traceverse-hermes-otel • feat(catalog): add pinned Remesher image-to-GLB plugin • catalog: pin git-review to 0.1.24 (81269b9) • chore(catalog): bump hermes-context-overview to 1.2.5 • plugin-catalog: bump hermetic to 1.2.0 • plugin-catalog: add athletedata • catalog: update Kinprove genealogy research recipes to 1.6.1 • feat(plugin-catalog): pin hermes-tripo to 0.4.0 • feat(plugin-catalog): add preview-text-size • Add office-3d to the plugin catalog • chore(catalog): re-pin hermes-guide to v0.8.9 • feat(plugin-catalog): add stacktree • feat(plugin-catalog): add ld-workbench (Debate Workbench) plugin • plugin-catalog: bump hermes-lang-it-full to 21f3c05 • plugin-catalog: update operations to 0.3.3 • feat(plugin-catalog): add HYPD AI (hypd-ai-ads) • plugin-catalog: repoint wicked-memory to WickedAPI org • plugin-catalog: bump Stack memory provider to 0.2.0 • plugin-catalog: add hermes-lang-he (Hebrew language pack) • chore(plugin-catalog): bump Promoat to 1.1.3 and rename to promoat-ai-video-clone • plugin-catalog: add surp-hermes-x402-llm v0.5.0 (approval-gated spend, operator + terms pages) • feat(plugin-catalog): add jwt-ref • chore(plugin-catalog): bump OrcaSlicer to 0.5.1 • plugin-catalog: add Hardlight UI 0.1.0 • chore(plugin-catalog): update letsfg to 1.1.2 • feat(catalog): add YouTube Dock desktop plugin • feat(plugin-catalog): add lightkeeper • plugin-catalog: bump hermes-dreaming to 3.3.2 (broken state set aside, split, negations in RU/EN/ZH, corroboration a person actually gave, an optional cloud judge, unreadable data no longer read as empty) • plugin-catalog: bump holographic to 0.17.9 (wrong settings turn memory off, chit-chat recalls nothing, "your instructions" in 18 languages) • plugin-catalog: repin hermes-pets-all to v0.1.1 (pagination fix) • catalog: limbic 0.7.1, supersession, calibration, Windows support • feat(plugin-catalog): add hermes-windows-ports (who holds this port on Windows, with PID and image name) • feat(plugin-catalog): add hermes-windows-eventlog (Windows crash forensics: crash causes, bugchecks, event-log queries) • fix(plugin-catalog): update jp-edinet to 06171c8 • fix(plugin-catalog): update jp-reinfolib to cfb1776 • fix(plugin-catalog): update author-feed to cf5321d • catalog: tabella 2.0.2, Windows support • feat(plugin-catalog): add timestamp-ref • plugin-catalog: huddo 0.9.11 • plugin-catalog: bump memtomem to v0.6.9 • chore(plugin-catalog): crew 0.10.0, re-pin to 9205333 • feat(plugin-catalog): add viajante • feat(catalog): add godot-studio: headless Godot 4 workflows for the agent game studio SECURITY & SECRETS (11 PRs) • YOLO and approvals.mode off no longer prompt for untrusted MCP write calls; spend limits still ask • MCP trust prompts: Allow for this session / Always now stick per tool; one-shot prompts offer only Once / Deny • Desktop plugins can script the preview Browser only with a declared capability and per-origin consent • fix(auth): a token refresh no longer replaces a guest in the shared Nous store • One profile's website blocklist is no longer skipped after another profile's disabled policy • catalog: add Agent Vault retrieval plugin • chore(catalog): pin scamgate to v0.3.1 • fix(gateway): let browser_vault ask for codes and logins in Desktop chats • fix(catalog): bump greyridge-token-safety to the workers.dev-fixed revision • catalog: add telesec • Add hermes-vpn to the plugin catalog (community) INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (19 PRs) • Catalog: Claude subscription provider shows reasoning again and streams; Memory Wiki gets its Desktop page (re-pin to official 54afaf5) • fix(gateway): keep a named custom provider's identity through persistence, session info and resume • chore(catalog): re-pin claude-subscription-directsdk to the stall fix • refactor(auth): trim the guest handoff to the paths sign-in uses • catalog: bump antigravity-subscription-directsdk pin to v1.0.21 • Camofox browser backend listed in the plugin catalog (official plugin) • feat(plugin-catalog): add reka-provider • chore(catalog): update Model Router to v0.4.6 • catalog: update MrScraper to three direct API tools • feat(connectors): no guest on page open, connector sign-in offer • feat(auth): every Nous sign-in is the plain device login • feat(auth): hand the free-tier guest to the account after sign-in • Browser automation runs on browser_exec only; agent-browser and the built-in browser tools are gone (Camofox moves to a plugin) • chore(plugin-catalog): bump cursor-provider to v0.4.1 • plugin-catalog: add chat-length (long-chat notice with session_search opener) • plugin-catalog: update provider-usage to v0.3.1 • feat(plugin-catalog): bump provider-status to 1.6.4 • Add hermes-model-switcher (community, v0.3.0): cross-profile model switcher Dashboard tab • feat(plugin-catalog): add ai-subscriptions plugin STABILITY & FIXES (12 PRs) • fix(image_gen): local source paths work for FAL edits on the local backend • fix(plugins): a refused install names the missing app instead of printing missing_app • Unmapped-gateway readiness tests no longer flake on a just-spawned child's empty argv • fix(tui): inputs queued in the same millisecond on two sessions keep their order after a resume • chore(deps): bump Python dependencies to latest minor/patch releases • fix(plugins): say restart for plugin deps a running gateway can't import; keep the tool store out of PM generations • Windows: hermes update keeps a real hermes.exe after a Python repin • fix(nix): self-contained dev-shell python, one pm-pinned tool list, darwin shell builds • PM survival test stops failing on a rebuilt fixture wheel's hash • nix flake check evaluates again after the uv revision-5 relock • fix(setup): Quick Setup offers to keep a model imported from another agent • Desktop reconnect E2E: the intermittent Stop-flash red now records its own timeline 122 new features and fixes