Is Hermes Agent v0.8.0 stable?
66/100Fact score: 66/100 · evidence-based, not a YES/NO verdict
“v0.8.0 is provider-routing noisy: MiniMax/OpenRouter failures, tool-call instability, Discord limits, Windows startup crashes, and local-model retry loops.”
Stability Score
66Base
80
Evidence
-29
Votes
-0
Survived
+15
Curated
+0
80 base−29 evidence−0 votes+15 (3×5 days survived)=66
Affected components
gatewaytelegramdiscordprovider-integrationlocal-modelwindowsuitool
Install this version
npm install hermes-agent@0.8.0Score Evidence
| Issue | Area | Type | Penalty | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6295 → | provider-integration | runtime | -4 | v0.8.0 gateway ignores configured MiniMax provider and calls OpenRouter free model instead |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6555 → | telegram | channel-specific | -3 | v0.8.0 MiniMax tool-use requests via Telegram gateway fail with connection errors |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#6768 → | ui | tool-specific | -1 | 0.8.0 banner title ignores custom skin agent_name, regression from 0.7.0 |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#7069 → | local-model | runtime | -3 | 0.8.0 local LLM prefill longer than stream timeout can enter infinite abort/retry loop |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#7137 → | discord | channel-specific | -3 | 0.8.0 Discord gateway can hit slash-command registration/rate limits with too many skills |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#7241 → | provider-integration | runtime | -3 | v0.8.0 _build_api_kwargs can crash on None request_overrides during provider calls |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#8270 → | provider-integration | runtime | -3 | 0.8.0 returns HTTP 400 for all OpenRouter models while curl with same key works |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#8283 → | provider-integration | runtime | -2 | 0.8.0 intermittently returns 401 authentication_error with valid MiniMax/GLM keys |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#8978 → | windows | runtime | -4 | 0.8.0 Windows gateway startup crashes using Unix-style os.kill(pid, 0) |
| NousResearch/hermes-agent#8993 → | tool | tool-specific | -3 | v0.8.0 tool calling/web_search/FireCrawl frequently hallucinates tools, retries empty responses, or fails to execute |