Hermes merged 59 PRs on October 26 The ones worth knowing: • GLM-5.3 is now the silent default model • GitHub Copilot moved out of core into its own github-copilot labs plugin, now listed in the plugin catalog • Hermes starts about 1 second faster from a git checkout, and startup no longer waits on the scratch-dir prune • optimize-storage now shows progress in every phase and finishes several times faster • Desktop typing no longer gets slower as your history grows • Linux Desktop windows are no longer stuck see-through • Stopping a turn no longer kills background subagents like /review • Gateway wakes that land during or before a restart drain now still run instead of getting lost • New opt-in prepared compaction, plus /stop now cleanly closes a summary stream • Kanban worker turns stop getting saved as the operator's own memories • The Webapp resolves files and media inside a session's Docker sandbox or SSH workspace, and one down SSH host no longer stalls the others • New official ElevenLabs Sound Effects plugin in the catalog Here is the full list: DESKTOP IMPROVEMENTS (18 PRs) • fix(desktop): clamp long sticky prompts on touch, with an expand toggle • Linux Desktop windows are no longer permanently see-through • perf(desktop): typing cost no longer grows with loaded history; sticky-prompt clip stops restyling turns • fix(gateway): Desktop's macOS gateway keeps LAN model access after Desktop quits or updates • fix(webapp): keep reading a host terminal socket behind a waiting write, so keepalive pongs are seen • fix(webapp): a down SSH host no longer stalls file requests on other SSH profiles • fix(webapp): do not route or mark reachable a profile the gateway does not serve • fix(webapp): keep folder prefs with the profile that owns them • fix(webapp): each prepared-submission journal entry lives under its own storage key • fix(webapp): give each send its own retry record when Web Locks are missing • fix(webapp): wait off the serial lane for a profile that is still starting • fix(webapp): let a download retry redeem its ticket again • fix(webapp): resolve workspace files and media in the session's Docker sandbox or SSH workspace, and a clear error when the SSH host is down • fix(webapp): keep router state on a profile pick and ask the picked profile for live status, also after a reconnect • fix(webapp): browser terminal redraw, `exit`, and terminal-drop quoting for unnamed shells • fix(webapp): open large HTML previews, explain browser Export profile, preview staged text on SSH profiles • fix(webapp): report failed composer drops and name the browser's 16 MiB upload limit • fix(webapp): detach a host terminal whose tab closes behind a full input queue VOICE & REAL-TIME (1 PR) • fix(webapp): say what plain HTTP loses on the bot screen, in live voice and in the launcher DEVELOPER TOOLS & PLUGINS (12 PRs) • feat(plugin-catalog): list the github-copilot labs plugin • refactor(providers): GitHub Copilot moves out of core into the github-copilot labs plugin • catalog: add ElevenLabs Sound Effects (new official plugin) • plugin-catalog: bump gonogo to v0.3.0 and thomas to v0.1.3 • plugin-catalog: bump loreconvo to 0.10.19 • feat(compression): opt-in prepared compaction • Route every config.yaml read and write through a ConfigBackend seam • Hermes starts ~1 s faster from a git checkout: provider plugins and the restart check no longer run the git version walk • Git version lookups stay fast: Hermes keeps the commit graph fresh and clears stale commit-graph locks • optimize-storage shows progress in every phase and finishes several times faster • hermes sessions failures exit 1 instead of 0 • chore(deps): bump brotlicffi to 1.2.1.0 SECURITY & SECRETS (3 PRs) • fix(dashboard-auth): give every password-provider session its own tokens • fix(webapp): user-only private launch links, a port of its own for a standalone profile's Web Access • Plugin-host profile extraction no longer imports code from the launch directory INTEGRATIONS & CHAT (7 PRs) • fix(models): make GLM-5.3 the silent default model • Bot Chat no longer reports a finished reply as failed when the receipt refresh races the settlement • fix(gateway): a chat's /new or /resume no longer flips back when a Desktop turn on its old conversation finishes • fix(gateway): a chat handed off with /handoff keeps opening from Desktop and the Webapp • fix(gateway): wakes admitted before a restart drain still run • fix(gateway): wakes arriving during a restart drain are retried, not lost • fix(kanban): worker turns are no longer stored as the operator's memories STABILITY & FIXES (18 PRs) • fix(windows): keep a review tree from taking over the home's hermes command • Stopping a turn no longer kills background subagents like /review • Startup no longer waits for the scratch-dir prune • Scratch prune no longer disowns a running gateway after a clock change • Background compaction never redoes its summary when the tail cut moves • fix(compression): /stop closes the summary stream; a dead summary endpoint is reported as a fallback • fix(compression): a handoff row no longer collapses the tail cut onto itself • fix(agent): persist the turn budget's spill stubs onto the flushed tool rows • fix(telemetry): graceful os._exit also writes the root profile's deferred host-count update • fix(telemetry): keep process marks from background work that outlives its turn • fix(gateway): flush opt-in shared metrics before graceful os._exit paths • Relay shared-metrics smoke passes on main again, with expectations pinned to the contract • test(desktop): the signing probe's EIO case can no longer lose its fault to the previous walk • test(connectors): a failed catalog-row test reports at once instead of hanging its file 10 minutes • test(gateway): model.options daemon tests stop timing out on a slow runner network • The killed-update lock test stops failing when the file clock lags • Host terminal takeover test no longer flakes on a partial PTY read • Connectors catalog failed-row test no longer flakes on a loaded CI shard 59 new features and fixes