When context compaction triggers during a session handoff (e.g., after a gateway restart), the memory section of the system prompt is labeled as "background reference, NOT active instructions." The agent follows this instruction literally and ignores its own persistent memory, even though the memory was successfully loaded into the new context window.
Result: After any gateway restart, the agent cannot access facts present in its memory — it will ask the user for information it already has stored. This is a data-loss-level bug because memory appears to work (it's in the system prompt, it's saved to disk) but is effectively inaccessible to the agent's reasoning.
Memory should be treated as active context regardless of compaction state. The "background reference" framing is appropriate for conversation history summaries, not for the agent's persistent identity and knowledge base.
This confirmed the bug is persistent across updates — not fixed by pulling latest Hermes.
--- hermes dump --- version: 0.11.0 (2026.4.23) [cd7150a1] os: Linux 6.12.0-124.45.1.el10_1.x86_64 x86_64 python: 3.11.15 openai_sdk: 2.32.0 profile: default hermes_home: ~/.hermes model: MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed provider: minimax terminal: local
api_keys: openrouter not set openai not set anthropic not set anthropic_token not set nous not set google/gemini not set gemini not set glm/zai not set zai not set kimi not set minimax set deepseek not set dashscope not set huggingface not set nvidia not set ai_gateway not set opencode_zen not set opencode_go not set kilocode not set firecrawl not set tavily not set browserbase not set fal not set elevenlabs not set github not set
features: toolsets: hermes-cli mcp_servers: 0 memory_provider: built-in gateway: running (systemd (user), pid 150360) platforms: telegram cron_jobs: 0 active / 0 total skills: 91
config_overrides: display.streaming: True --- end dump ---
--- agent.log (last 200 lines) --- 2026-04-28 18:35:10,805 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:35:10,889 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:35:10,962 INFO aiohttp.access: [LAN-IP] [28/Apr/2026:18:34:30 -0500] "POST /v1/chat/completions HTTP/1.1" 200 5372 "-" "OpenAI/JS 5.23.2" 2026-04-28 18:35:18,172 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:35:18,263 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:35:32,966 INFO aiohttp.access: [LAN-IP] [28/Apr/2026:18:35:17 -0500] "POST /v1/chat/completions HTTP/1.1" 200 3940 "-" "OpenAI/JS 5.23.2" 2026-04-28 18:37:01,198 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:37:01,282 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:37:13,166 INFO aiohttp.access: [LAN-IP] [28/Apr/2026:18:37:00 -0500] "POST /v1/chat/completions HTTP/1.1" 200 4140 "-" "OpenAI/JS 5.23.2" 2026-04-28 18:37:54,952 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:37:55,043 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 18:38:07,368 INFO aiohttp.access: [LAN-IP] [28/Apr/2026:18:37:54 -0500] "POST /v1/chat/completions HTTP/1.1" 200 5059 "-" "OpenAI/JS 5.23.2" 2026-04-28 19:33:12,395 INFO gateway.run: Agent cache idle-TTL evict: session=agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (idle=3897s) 2026-04-28 19:33:12,397 INFO gateway.run: Agent cache idle sweep: evicted 1 agent(s) 2026-04-28 19:58:58,150 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (197 chars) 2026-04-28 19:58:58,152 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 19:58:59,130 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 19:58:59,211 INFO [api-a2d85d7ba7658205] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 19:59:13,255 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 19:59:13,256 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=15.1s api_calls=1 response=267 chars 2026-04-28 20:29:25,407 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (72 chars) 2026-04-28 20:29:25,409 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:29:31,629 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:29:31,630 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=6.2s api_calls=1 response=104 chars 2026-04-28 20:30:12,557 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (37 chars) 2026-04-28 20:30:12,558 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:30:16,798 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:30:16,799 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=4.2s api_calls=1 response=86 chars 2026-04-28 20:32:14,389 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (289 chars) 2026-04-28 20:32:14,391 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:32:28,388 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:32:28,389 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=14.0s api_calls=1 response=658 chars 2026-04-28 20:34:10,181 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (68 chars) 2026-04-28 20:34:10,183 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:34:15,278 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:34:15,279 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=5.1s api_calls=1 response=104 chars 2026-04-28 20:35:07,242 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (167 chars) 2026-04-28 20:35:07,243 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:35:17,698 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:35:17,699 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=10.5s api_calls=1 response=321 chars 2026-04-28 20:36:32,371 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (330 chars) 2026-04-28 20:36:32,372 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:36:44,652 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:36:44,653 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=12.3s api_calls=1 response=685 chars 2026-04-28 20:37:06,455 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (36 chars) 2026-04-28 20:37:06,456 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:38:16,167 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: Telegram button resolved 1 approval(s) for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (choice=session, user=[user]) 2026-04-28 20:39:41,506 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:39:41,591 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:39:41,747 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:39:41,768 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=155.3s api_calls=18 response=1242 chars 2026-04-28 20:40:27,708 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (67 chars) 2026-04-28 20:40:27,710 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:41:45,589 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:41:45,590 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=77.9s api_calls=6 response=1327 chars 2026-04-28 20:42:17,406 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (50 chars) 2026-04-28 20:42:17,408 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:42:33,491 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:42:33,576 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:42:33,634 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:42:33,650 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=16.2s api_calls=1 response=1086 chars 2026-04-28 20:43:32,686 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (83 chars) 2026-04-28 20:43:32,688 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:46:42,611 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (27 chars) 2026-04-28 20:46:43,459 INFO [20260428_170439_c8e794] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary compression: using auto (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) at https://api.minimax.io/v1/ 2026-04-28 20:47:22,857 INFO [20260428_170439_c8e794] gateway.run: Session split detected: 20260428_170439_c8e794 → 20260428_204715_0480e5 (compression) 2026-04-28 20:47:23,093 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:47:23,178 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:47:23,238 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:47:23,239 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=230.6s api_calls=1 response=238 chars 2026-04-28 20:48:37,033 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (168 chars) 2026-04-28 20:48:37,035 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:49:12,403 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:49:12,404 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=35.4s api_calls=4 response=2023 chars 2026-04-28 20:50:26,691 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (215 chars) 2026-04-28 20:50:26,693 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:50:42,473 INFO [20260428_204715_0480e5] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:51:00,219 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:51:00,220 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=33.5s api_calls=2 response=1764 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:23,998 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (15 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:23,999 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:30,016 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:30,017 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=6.0s api_calls=1 response=209 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:34,531 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (2 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:34,533 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:37,496 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:37,497 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=3.0s api_calls=1 response=50 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:48,372 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (34 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:48,374 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:57,373 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:56:57,458 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 20:56:57,582 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:57,583 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=9.2s api_calls=2 response=83 chars 2026-04-28 20:57:42,056 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (148 chars) 2026-04-28 20:57:42,058 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:58:53,404 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: Telegram button resolved 1 approval(s) for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (choice=session, user=[user]) 2026-04-28 20:58:58,047 INFO hermes_cli.backup: State snapshot created: 20260429-015857-pre-update (8 files) 2026-04-28 21:00:04,121 INFO gateway.run: Stopping gateway for restart... 2026-04-28 21:00:04,666 INFO gateway.run: Sent shutdown notification to telegram:[chat-id] 2026-04-28 21:01:04,676 WARNING gateway.run: Gateway drain timed out after 60.0s with 1 active agent(s); interrupting remaining work. 2026-04-28 21:01:05,012 INFO gateway.run: Ignoring control interrupt message for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: Gateway restarting 2026-04-28 21:01:05,014 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=203.0s api_calls=6 response=0 chars 2026-04-28 21:01:05,117 INFO gateway.platforms.api_server: [Api_Server] API server stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:05,118 INFO gateway.run: ✓ api_server disconnected 2026-04-28 21:01:08,529 INFO telegram.ext.Application: Application is stopping. This might take a moment. 2026-04-28 21:01:08,530 INFO apscheduler.scheduler: Scheduler has been shut down 2026-04-28 21:01:08,542 INFO telegram.ext.Application: Application.stop() complete 2026-04-28 21:01:08,549 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Disconnected from Telegram 2026-04-28 21:01:08,550 INFO gateway.run: ✓ telegram disconnected 2026-04-28 21:01:08,568 INFO gateway.run: Skipping .clean_shutdown marker — drain timed out with interrupted agents; next startup will suspend recently active sessions. 2026-04-28 21:01:08,571 INFO gateway.run: Gateway stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:08,572 INFO gateway.run: Cron ticker stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:40,125 INFO hermes_cli.plugins: Plugin 'openai' registered image_gen provider: openai 2026-04-28 21:01:40,127 INFO hermes_cli.plugins: Plugin 'openai-codex' registered image_gen provider: openai-codex 2026-04-28 21:01:40,129 INFO hermes_cli.plugins: Plugin 'xai' registered image_gen provider: xai 2026-04-28 21:01:40,196 INFO hermes_cli.plugins: Plugin discovery complete: 7 found, 4 enabled 2026-04-28 21:01:43,068 INFO gateway.run: Starting Hermes Gateway... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,068 INFO gateway.run: Session storage: /home/[user]/.hermes/sessions 2026-04-28 21:01:43,075 INFO gateway.run: Suspended 1 in-flight session(s) from previous run 2026-04-28 21:01:43,155 INFO gateway.run: Connecting to api_server... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,158 INFO gateway.platforms.api_server: [Api_Server] API server listening on http://0.0.0.0:8642 (model: hermes-agent) 2026-04-28 21:01:43,159 INFO gateway.run: ✓ api_server connected 2026-04-28 21:01:43,447 INFO gateway.run: Connecting to telegram... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,538 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram_network: DoH discovery yielded no new IPs (system DNS: [redacted]); using seed fallback IPs [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:43,539 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Auto-discovered Telegram fallback IPs: [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:43,539 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Telegram fallback IPs active: [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:44,006 INFO apscheduler.scheduler: Scheduler started 2026-04-28 21:01:44,006 INFO telegram.ext.Application: Application started 2026-04-28 21:01:44,832 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Telegram menu: 100 commands registered, 20 hidden (over 100 limit). Use /commands for full list. 2026-04-28 21:01:44,835 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Connected to Telegram (polling mode) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,836 INFO gateway.run: ✓ telegram connected 2026-04-28 21:01:44,837 INFO gateway.run: Gateway running with 2 platform(s) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,845 INFO gateway.run: Channel directory built: 1 target(s) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,845 INFO gateway.run: Press Ctrl+C to stop 2026-04-28 21:01:44,851 INFO gateway.run: Cron ticker started (interval=60s) 2026-04-28 21:02:31,715 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (9 chars) 2026-04-28 21:02:31,717 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:02:32,820 INFO run_agent: Loaded environment variables from /home/[user]/.hermes/.env 2026-04-28 21:02:32,821 INFO run_agent: Loaded environment variables from /home/[user]/hermes-agent/.env 2026-04-28 21:02:34,716 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:02:34,825 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:02:39,709 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:02:39,709 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary title_generation: using auto (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) at https://api.minimax.io/v1 2026-04-28 21:02:39,905 WARNING agent.title_generator: Title generation failed: 404 page not found 2026-04-28 21:02:39,939 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:02:39,941 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=8.2s api_calls=1 response=49 chars 2026-04-28 21:02:51,122 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (25 chars) 2026-04-28 21:02:51,124 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:02:51,233 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:02:56,401 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary title_generation: using auto (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) at https://api.minimax.io/v1 2026-04-28 21:02:56,590 WARNING agent.title_generator: Title generation failed: 404 page not found 2026-04-28 21:02:56,822 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:02:56,823 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=5.7s api_calls=1 response=193 chars 2026-04-28 21:03:24,842 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Cached user photo at /home/[user]/.hermes/cache/images/img_f23884ccb926.jpg 2026-04-28 21:03:25,644 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing photo batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]:photo-burst with 1 image(s) 2026-04-28 21:03:25,645 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:03:25,660 INFO gateway.run: Image routing: text (mode=text). Pre-analyzing 1 image(s) via vision_analyze. 2026-04-28 21:03:25,675 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:03:37,933 INFO [20260428_210231_a4200e17] agent.auxiliary_client: Vision auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:03:51,746 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:03:51,747 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=26.1s api_calls=2 response=182 chars 2026-04-28 21:04:28,697 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (128 chars) 2026-04-28 21:04:28,699 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:04:53,619 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:04:53,621 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=24.9s api_calls=3 response=910 chars 2026-04-28 21:05:14,424 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (53 chars) 2026-04-28 21:05:14,426 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:05:28,333 INFO [20260428_210231_a4200e17] agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:06:12,659 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:06:13,025 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:06:13,027 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=58.6s api_calls=6 response=995 chars 2026-04-28 21:06:40,268 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (9 chars) 2026-04-28 21:06:40,270 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:06:43,903 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:06:43,904 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=3.6s api_calls=1 response=52 chars 2026-04-28 21:07:44,040 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (15360 chars) 2026-04-28 21:07:44,042 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:07:58,060 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:07:58,061 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=14.0s api_calls=1 response=991 chars 2026-04-28 21:08:38,155 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (196 chars) 2026-04-28 21:08:38,157 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 21:09:26,812 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:09:27,053 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:09:27,054 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=48.9s api_calls=8 response=872 chars 2026-04-28 21:17:02,336 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (373 chars) 2026-04-28 21:17:02,338 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:18:48,374 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:18:48,677 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:18:48,679 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=106.3s api_calls=12 response=896 chars 2026-04-28 21:19:13,140 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (166 chars) 2026-04-28 21:19:13,142 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 21:19:27,726 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: Telegram button resolved 1 approval(s) for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (choice=session, user=[user]) 2026-04-28 21:20:40,295 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:20:40,720 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:20:40,722 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=87.6s api_calls=15 response=869 chars 2026-04-28 21:23:48,322 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (42 chars) 2026-04-28 21:23:48,324 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:24:34,440 INFO agent.auxiliary_client: Auxiliary auto-detect: using main provider minimax (MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed) 2026-04-28 21:24:34,869 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:24:34,870 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=46.5s api_calls=5 response=570 chars
--- errors.log (last 100 lines) --- 2026-04-27 08:19:35,234 WARNING gateway.run: Shutdown diagnostic — other hermes processes running: [user] 9461 5.0 8.8 34883688 2141008 ? Ssl Apr25 141:14 openclaw-gateway [user] 77410 0.0 0.0 7088 3516 pts/0 S+ 07:58 0:00 /bin/bash ./setup-hermes.sh [user] 77722 2.4 1.2 666840 300912 pts/0 Sl+ 07:58 0:30 /home/[user]/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python3 /home/[user]/.local/bin/hermes chat 2026-04-27 08:20:23,595 WARNING gateway.platforms.telegram_network: [Telegram] Primary api.telegram.org connection failed (); trying fallback IPs [redacted] 2026-04-27 08:20:24,086 WARNING gateway.platforms.telegram_network: [Telegram] Primary api.telegram.org path unreachable; using sticky fallback IP [redacted] 2026-04-27 14:25:42,873 WARNING huggingface_hub.utils.http: Warning: You are sending unauthenticated requests to the HF Hub. Please set a HF_TOKEN to enable higher rate limits and faster downloads. 2026-04-27 15:31:49,492 WARNING gateway.run: Interrupt recursion depth 3 reached for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] — queueing message instead of recursing. 2026-04-27 16:39:26,223 ERROR [20260427_163916_8d9356] root: [subagent-0] API call failed after 3 retries. Could not start Copilot ACP command 'codex'. Install GitHub Copilot CLI or set HERMES_COPILOT_ACP_COMMAND/COPILOT_CLI_PATH. | provider=copilot-acp model=MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed msgs=2 tokens=~658 2026-04-27 21:14:35,606 ERROR [20260427_211426_435457] root: [subagent-0] API call failed after 3 retries. Could not start Copilot ACP command 'codex'. Install GitHub Copilot CLI or set HERMES_COPILOT_ACP_COMMAND/COPILOT_CLI_PATH. | provider=copilot-acp model=MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed msgs=2 tokens=~623 2026-04-27 21:15:21,857 ERROR [20260427_211513_1f745b] root: [subagent-0] API call failed after 3 retries. Copilot ACP process exited early: Error: stdin is not a terminal | provider=copilot-acp model=MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed msgs=2 tokens=~645 2026-04-28 12:09:16,118 ERROR gateway.run: Another gateway instance is already running (PID 79209, HERMES_HOME=/home/[user]/.hermes). Use 'hermes gateway restart' to replace it, or 'hermes gateway stop' first. 2026-04-28 12:09:51,397 WARNING gateway.run: Shutdown diagnostic — other hermes processes running: [user] 9461 4.5 11.7 35561720 2822272 ? Rsl Apr25 201:57 openclaw-gateway [user] 131929 50.0 0.0 6956 3540 ? Ss 12:09 0:00 /usr/bin/bash -c source /tmp/hermes-snap-[hash].sh >/dev/null 2>&1 || true builtin cd /tmp/niri-pikaos-setup || exit 126 eval 'kill 79209 && sleep 3 && ps aux | grep -E "hermes.*gateway" | grep -v grep' hermes_ec=$? export -p > /tmp/hermes-snap-[hash].sh 2>/dev/null || true pwd -P > /tmp/hermes-cwd-[hash].txt 2>/dev/null || true printf '\n__HERMES_CWD_dd7fcd52851d%s__HERMES_CWD_dd7fcd52851d_\n' "$(pwd -P)" exit $hermes_ec 2026-04-28 13:12:36,014 WARNING gateway.run: Shutdown diagnostic — other hermes processes running: [user] 9461 4.6 11.7 35552888 2821336 ? Ssl Apr25 207:10 openclaw-gateway [user] 134106 0.0 0.0 6956 3540 ? Ss 13:12 0:00 /usr/bin/bash -c source /tmp/hermes-snap-[hash].sh >/dev/null 2>&1 || true builtin cd /home/[user] || exit 126 eval 'kill 132024 2>/dev/null; sleep 2' hermes_ec=$? export -p > /tmp/hermes-snap-[hash].sh 2>/dev/null || true pwd -P > /tmp/hermes-cwd-[hash].txt 2>/dev/null || true printf '\n__HERMES_CWD_aafaffd9707c%s__HERMES_CWD_aafaffd9707c\n' "$(pwd -P)" exit $__hermes_ec 2026-04-28 13:12:42,414 WARNING gateway.run: Shutdown diagnostic — other hermes processes running: [user] 9461 4.6 11.0 35388920 2657368 ? Ssl Apr25 207:13 openclaw-gateway [user] 134114 89.2 0.3 91876 79256 ? Ss 13:12 0:01 /home/[user]/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m hermes_cli.main gateway run --replace 2026-04-28 13:12:52,406 WARNING gateway.run: Old gateway (PID 132024) did not exit after SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL. 2026-04-28 13:26:31,913 WARNING gateway.run: Interrupt recursion depth 3 reached for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] — queueing message instead of recursing. 2026-04-28 14:59:02,054 WARNING gateway.run: Gateway drain timed out after 60.0s with 1 active agent(s); interrupting remaining work. 2026-04-28 15:41:05,222 WARNING gateway.run: Shutdown diagnostic — other hermes processes running: [user] 9461 4.5 11.1 35405956 2674480 ? Ssl Apr25 210:49 openclaw-gateway [user] 139470 2.6 0.0 8524 5320 ? Ss 15:41 0:00 /usr/bin/bash -lic set +m; cd /home/[user] && \ API_SERVER_ENABLED=true \ API_SERVER_KEY=[REDACTED] \ API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0 \ API_SERVER_PORT=8642 \ /home/[user]/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m hermes_cli.main gateway run --replace [user] 139500 99.0 0.3 91876 79756 ? S 15:41 0:00 /home/[user]/hermes-agent/venv/bin/python -m hermes_cli.main gateway run --replace 2026-04-28 15:41:15,212 WARNING gateway.run: Old gateway (PID 137694) did not exit after SIGTERM, sending SIGKILL. 2026-04-28 21:01:04,676 WARNING gateway.run: Gateway drain timed out after 60.0s with 1 active agent(s); interrupting remaining work. 2026-04-28 21:02:39,905 WARNING agent.title_generator: Title generation failed: 404 page not found 2026-04-28 21:02:56,590 WARNING agent.title_generator: Title generation failed: 404 page not found
--- gateway.log (last 100 lines) --- 2026-04-28 20:47:23,239 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=230.6s api_calls=1 response=238 chars 2026-04-28 20:48:37,033 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (168 chars) 2026-04-28 20:48:37,035 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:49:12,403 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:49:12,404 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=35.4s api_calls=4 response=2023 chars 2026-04-28 20:50:26,691 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (215 chars) 2026-04-28 20:50:26,693 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:51:00,219 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:51:00,220 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=33.5s api_calls=2 response=1764 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:23,998 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (15 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:23,999 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:30,016 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:30,017 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=6.0s api_calls=1 response=209 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:34,531 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (2 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:34,533 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:37,496 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:37,497 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=3.0s api_calls=1 response=50 chars 2026-04-28 20:56:48,372 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (34 chars) 2026-04-28 20:56:48,374 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 20:56:57,582 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 20:56:57,583 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=9.2s api_calls=2 response=83 chars 2026-04-28 20:57:42,056 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (148 chars) 2026-04-28 20:57:42,058 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 20:58:53,404 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: Telegram button resolved 1 approval(s) for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (choice=session, user=[user]) 2026-04-28 21:00:04,121 INFO gateway.run: Stopping gateway for restart... 2026-04-28 21:00:04,666 INFO gateway.run: Sent shutdown notification to telegram:[chat-id] 2026-04-28 21:01:04,676 WARNING gateway.run: Gateway drain timed out after 60.0s with 1 active agent(s); interrupting remaining work. 2026-04-28 21:01:05,012 INFO gateway.run: Ignoring control interrupt message for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: Gateway restarting 2026-04-28 21:01:05,014 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=203.0s api_calls=6 response=0 chars 2026-04-28 21:01:05,117 INFO gateway.platforms.api_server: [Api_Server] API server stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:05,118 INFO gateway.run: ✓ api_server disconnected 2026-04-28 21:01:08,549 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Disconnected from Telegram 2026-04-28 21:01:08,550 INFO gateway.run: ✓ telegram disconnected 2026-04-28 21:01:08,568 INFO gateway.run: Skipping .clean_shutdown marker — drain timed out with interrupted agents; next startup will suspend recently active sessions. 2026-04-28 21:01:08,571 INFO gateway.run: Gateway stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:08,572 INFO gateway.run: Cron ticker stopped 2026-04-28 21:01:43,068 INFO gateway.run: Starting Hermes Gateway... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,068 INFO gateway.run: Session storage: /home/[user]/.hermes/sessions 2026-04-28 21:01:43,075 INFO gateway.run: Suspended 1 in-flight session(s) from previous run 2026-04-28 21:01:43,155 INFO gateway.run: Connecting to api_server... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,158 INFO gateway.platforms.api_server: [Api_Server] API server listening on http://0.0.0.0:8642 (model: hermes-agent) 2026-04-28 21:01:43,159 INFO gateway.run: ✓ api_server connected 2026-04-28 21:01:43,447 INFO gateway.run: Connecting to telegram... 2026-04-28 21:01:43,538 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram_network: DoH discovery yielded no new IPs (system DNS: [redacted]); using seed fallback IPs [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:43,539 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Auto-discovered Telegram fallback IPs: [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:43,539 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Telegram fallback IPs active: [redacted] 2026-04-28 21:01:44,832 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Telegram menu: 100 commands registered, 20 hidden (over 100 limit). Use /commands for full list. 2026-04-28 21:01:44,835 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Connected to Telegram (polling mode) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,836 INFO gateway.run: ✓ telegram connected 2026-04-28 21:01:44,837 INFO gateway.run: Gateway running with 2 platform(s) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,845 INFO gateway.run: Channel directory built: 1 target(s) 2026-04-28 21:01:44,845 INFO gateway.run: Press Ctrl+C to stop 2026-04-28 21:01:44,851 INFO gateway.run: Cron ticker started (interval=60s) 2026-04-28 21:02:31,715 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (9 chars) 2026-04-28 21:02:31,717 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:02:39,939 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:02:39,941 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=8.2s api_calls=1 response=49 chars 2026-04-28 21:02:51,122 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (25 chars) 2026-04-28 21:02:51,124 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:02:56,822 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:02:56,823 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=5.7s api_calls=1 response=193 chars 2026-04-28 21:03:24,842 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Cached user photo at /home/[user]/.hermes/cache/images/img_f23884ccb926.jpg 2026-04-28 21:03:25,644 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing photo batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]:photo-burst with 1 image(s) 2026-04-28 21:03:25,645 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:03:25,660 INFO gateway.run: Image routing: text (mode=text). Pre-analyzing 1 image(s) via vision_analyze. 2026-04-28 21:03:51,746 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:03:51,747 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=26.1s api_calls=2 response=182 chars 2026-04-28 21:04:28,697 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (128 chars) 2026-04-28 21:04:28,699 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:04:53,619 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:04:53,621 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=24.9s api_calls=3 response=910 chars 2026-04-28 21:05:14,424 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (53 chars) 2026-04-28 21:05:14,426 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:06:13,025 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:06:13,027 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=58.6s api_calls=6 response=995 chars 2026-04-28 21:06:40,268 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (9 chars) 2026-04-28 21:06:40,270 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:06:43,903 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:06:43,904 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=3.6s api_calls=1 response=52 chars 2026-04-28 21:07:44,040 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (15360 chars) 2026-04-28 21:07:44,042 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:07:58,060 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:07:58,061 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=14.0s api_calls=1 response=991 chars 2026-04-28 21:08:38,155 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (196 chars) 2026-04-28 21:08:38,157 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 21:09:27,053 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:09:27,054 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=48.9s api_calls=8 response=872 chars 2026-04-28 21:17:02,336 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (373 chars) 2026-04-28 21:17:02,338 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:18:48,677 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:18:48,679 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=106.3s api_calls=12 response=896 chars 2026-04-28 21:19:13,140 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (166 chars) 2026-04-28 21:19:13,142 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg="[message removed]" 2026-04-28 21:19:27,726 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: Telegram button resolved 1 approval(s) for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (choice=session, user=[user]) 2026-04-28 21:20:40,720 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:20:40,722 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=87.6s api_calls=15 response=869 chars 2026-04-28 21:23:48,322 INFO gateway.platforms.telegram: [Telegram] Flushing text batch agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id] (42 chars) 2026-04-28 21:23:48,324 INFO gateway.run: inbound message: platform=telegram user=[user] chat=[chat-id] msg='[message removed]' 2026-04-28 21:24:34,869 INFO gateway.run: Suppressing normal final send for session agent:main:telegram:dm:[chat-id]: final delivery already confirmed (streamed=True previewed=False). 2026-04-28 21:24:34,870 INFO gateway.run: response ready: platform=telegram chat=[chat-id] time=46.5s api_calls=5 response=570 chars
Additional manifestation: Even when the agent has a skill that documents the correct Forgejo SSH access method, it failed to apply that knowledge. After restart, the agent tried the wrong push URL and wrong SSH port before finding the correct method — the same root cause, skills accessible but not consulted before acting.
Bug Description
When context compaction triggers during a session handoff (e.g., after a gateway restart), the memory section of the system prompt is labeled as "background reference, NOT active instructions." The agent follows this instruction literally and ignores its own persistent memory, even though the memory was successfully loaded into the new context window.
Result: After any gateway restart, the agent cannot access facts present in its memory — it will ask the user for information it already has stored. This is a data-loss-level bug because memory appears to work (it's in the system prompt, it's saved to disk) but is effectively inaccessible to the agent's reasoning.
Steps to Reproduce
Expected Behavior
Memory should be treated as active context regardless of compaction state. The "background reference" framing is appropriate for conversation history summaries, not for the agent's persistent identity and knowledge base.
The fix likely involves either:
Actual Behavior
How It Was Discovered
First occurrence (pre-update, evening Apr 28)
The user and agent were working on IDE integration (api_server config, testing the API server, setting up Continue.dev). Gateway had restarted earlier in the day and the agent woke up with no memory of the session — didn't know key infrastructure details, didn't know SSH was configured, asked the user to re-explain the entire context.
Investigation confirmed:
Memory was in the system prompt (size confirmed)
The compacted handoff message explicitly said: "This is a handoff from a previous context window — treat it as background reference, NOT as active instructions."
The agent had the memory but followed the instruction literally and ignored it
Memory update attempt (evening Apr 28)
The user asked the agent to update memory before running hermes update. The agent successfully updated the memory file — removed an exposed token, added the compaction bug note, corrected setup status. The update worked correctly (confirmed written to disk).
Second occurrence (post-update, evening Apr 28)
The agent ran hermes update (significantly behind main). Gateway restarted during the update process. The agent came back with a fresh session and again asked "what were we doing before?" instead of checking memory.
This confirmed the bug is persistent across updates — not fixed by pulling latest Hermes.
Affected Component
Agent Core (conversation loop, context compression, memory)
Messaging Platform (if gateway-related)
Telegram
Debug Report
Operating System
6.12.0-124.45.1.el10_1.x86_64 x86_64
Python Version
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Hermes Version
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Additional Logs / Traceback (optional)
Root Cause Analysis (optional)
Technical Details
Systems affected:
agent/context_compressor.py — compaction logic that produces the handoff message
agent/prompt_builder.py — memory injection into the system prompt
Root cause: The compaction handoff message says memory should be treated as "background reference, NOT active instructions." This framing is appropriate for conversation history (which IS background context), but NOT for the agent's own persistent identity and knowledge. Memory is the agent's grounding truth — it should never be demoted.
What actually happens:
Memory is loaded into the system prompt correctly
Compaction runs and produces a handoff summary
The handoff message tells the agent to treat the summary as "background reference"
The agent follows this instruction and ignores its own memory
User experiences memory loss despite memory being present and correct
A pre-prompt checklist has been added to the agent's MEMORY.md file:
Check memory first (it's always in the system prompt)
Check recent sessions via session_search
Check relevant skills
Check filesystem before asking the user to repeat anything
This is a user-level workaround only and does not fix the underlying issue.
Additional manifestation: Even when the agent has a skill that documents the correct Forgejo SSH access method, it failed to apply that knowledge. After restart, the agent tried the wrong push URL and wrong SSH port before finding the correct method — the same root cause, skills accessible but not consulted before acting.
Proposed Fix (optional)
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