Is Hermes Agent v0.4.0 stable?
29/100Fact score: 29/100 · evidence-based, not a YES/NO verdict
“A noisy release: packaging, update, provider routing, gateway, Matrix/MCP, cron, and config overwrite evidence all pass the version gate.”
Stability Score
29Base
80
Evidence
-63
Votes
-0
Survived
+12
Curated
+0
80 base−63 evidence−0 votes+12 (3×4 days survived)=29
Affected components
plugin-installprovider-integrationgatewaymatrixmcpcronuiupdate-systemmemoryruntime
Install this version
npm install hermes-agent@0.4.0Score Evidence
| Issue | Area | Type | Penalty | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2075 → | plugin-install | runtime | -4 | 0.4.0 wheel omits minisweagent_path.py and breaks runtime packaging |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2356 → | provider-integration | runtime | -4 | 0.4.0 native Anthropic provider hangs on second message |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2362 → | provider-integration | runtime | -4 | 0.4.0 OpenRouter + Claude hangs on second tool call from invalid cache_control placement |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2562 → | provider-integration | runtime | -3 | 0.4.0 custom provider can be switched back to OpenRouter unexpectedly |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2599 → | gateway | runtime | -3 | 0.4.0 GLM gateway sessions undercount request size and overflow context late |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2611 → | cron | kernel | -4 | 0.4.0 recurring cron jobs can be deleted after one run |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2648 → | update-system | runtime | -3 | v0.4.0 update script uses bare pip and fails on PEP 668 Debian/Ubuntu systems |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2790 → | plugin-install | runtime | -5 | v2026.3.23 Docker builds break on quarantined litellm dependency |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2842 → | provider-integration | runtime | -4 | v0.4.0 update can leave base_url None and crash CLI / break Telegram auth |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#2936 → | gateway | runtime | -4 | v0.4.0 Telegram gateway with Hermes-4 fails to invoke tools despite loaded schemas |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3000 → | plugin-install | runtime | -3 | 0.4.0 install.sh silently aborts on macOS when uv Python path contains spaces |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3126 → | gateway | runtime | -4 | v0.4.0 Telegram gateway can die abruptly after update without traceback |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3233 → | provider-integration | runtime | -3 | 0.4.0 background review agents get 403 with custom API endpoints |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3327 → | mcp | runtime | -2 | v0.4.0 systemd user gateway cannot find uvx to start MCP servers |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3521 → | matrix | runtime | -3 | 0.4.0 Matrix E2EE cannot decrypt messages and device verification is unusable |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3522 → | memory | runtime | -3 | v0.4.0 setup/config regeneration can overwrite tuned compression settings and trigger compaction loops |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3717 → | provider-integration | runtime | -4 | v0.4.0 gateway omits Bearer auth on OpenAI-compatible endpoints and returns 403 |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#3773 → | gateway | runtime | -3 | v0.4.0 webhook-triggered runs crash with KeyError: webhook from missing registration |