Is Hermes Agent v0.7.0 stable?
60/100Fact score: 60/100 · evidence-based, not a YES/NO verdict
“v0.7.0 has broad gateway and memory regressions: command routing, provider Unicode failures, service lifetime, and profile/session isolation.”
Stability Score
60Base
80
Evidence
-32
Votes
-0
Survived
+12
Curated
+0
80 base−32 evidence−0 votes+12 (3×4 days survived)=60
Affected components
telegramdiscordgatewaymemoryprovider-integrationplugin-installuilinux-runtimetoolsessions-management
Install this version
npm install hermes-agent@0.7.0Score Evidence
| Issue | Area | Type | Penalty | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#4889 → | memory | tool-specific | -2 | 0.7.0 Honcho dialectic/prefetch fails when skill-injected user_message exceeds API limit |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5046 → | telegram | channel-specific | -1 | 0.7.0 Telegram /status is passed to the agent instead of handled as a system command |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5053 → | plugin-install | tool-specific | -2 | 0.7.0 skill installation commands from docs fail to download skills |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5059 → | provider-integration | runtime | -3 | 0.7.0/v2026.4.3 Ollama models can crash UTF-8 serialization on surrogate code points |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5290 → | gateway | runtime | -4 | 0.7.0 Telegram gateway messages can fail with UnboundLocalError in run_sync |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5534 → | telegram | channel-specific | -3 | 0.7.0 Telegram command registration fails with Bot_command_invalid for skill names with invalid characters |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5569 → | telegram | channel-specific | -2 | 0.7.0 Telegram model switcher keeps current provider when selecting a model from another custom provider |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5646 → | gateway | runtime | -4 | 0.7.0 gateway started with --replace exits cleanly after a few seconds instead of staying alive |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5814 → | ui | runtime | -2 | 0.7.0 CLI session becomes unresponsive when entering Greek characters |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#5865 → | discord | channel-specific | -1 | 0.7.0 Discord channel slash commands are treated as LLM text instead of deterministic commands |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6044 → | linux-runtime | tool-specific | -1 | 0.7.0 NixOS addToSystemPackages does not export managed HERMES_HOME for interactive CLI |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6157 → | memory | kernel | -4 | 0.7.0 gateway memory flush creates agent with skip_memory=True, disabling memory persistence path |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6320 → | sessions-management | runtime | -3 | 0.7.0 multiple Hermes instances can leak session search/memory across profiles |