Hermes Agent Patch Combines 397 Pull Requests
Nous Research tagged Hermes Agent v0.20.2 on August 16, 2026. Everything below comes from that release page on github.com, published by teknium1.
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Nous Research released Hermes Agent version 0.20.2 today. The release notes count 967 commits in three days.
It is a patch release. The company says the tag combines about 397 merged pull requests into one stable version for Docker images and fresh installs.
The notes claim about 1,300 files changed and more than 128,000 lines added. Named areas include the desktop app, the command line, the gateway and installers for Linux and Windows.
This release includes no curated notes. The maintainers say the full notes arrive with version 0.21.0 and that nothing in this window is skipped. Every number is self reported.
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- Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (v2026.8.16). Release Date: August 16, 2026.(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~397 PRs merged since v0.20.1 into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, fresh installs).(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Since v0.20.1 (v2026.8.13, tagged August 13), this window landed ~967 commits.(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- ~967 commits across ~1,279 files (+128,522 / -7,622).(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Fixes and improvements spanning the desktop app (multi-gateway Connections registry, profile-scoped refreshes, MCP health checks and deep links), the CLI (Windows update probes, Kitty keyboard protocol, chat -c hardening), the gateway (persisted model routes, /loop completion, Telegram DM topics).(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire, cron hardening, auth resolution through profile scopes, and installer robustness on both Linux and Windows.(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.21.0, which will document everything from v0.20.0 onward. Nothing in this window is skipped.(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))
- Every number above (967 commits, 1,279 files, +128,522/-7,622 lines, 397 merged PRs) is SELF-REPORTED by the maintainer inside the release body.(Nous Research official release notes, Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16))