Hermes merges 114 PRs, adding multi-window desktop support and tighter MCP handling
Teknium · x · 2026-07-23
Hermes shipped a large update after merging 114+ PRs in a day, with changes across the desktop app, agent core, gateway/MCP, state persistence, and UI.
Notable additions and fixes include:
- Multiple app windows with separate routing, sidebar, and draft queues
- Visible keyboard shortcuts in composer tooltips
- In-app plan downgrade with preview and undo
- A redesigned billing page
- Agent controls that can open preview or shell panes directly
- Streaming TTS with interruption and typing indicators in Discord, Telegram, and Slack
- Fixes for infinite retry loops, per-model compression tuning, lock detection, health checks, MCP reconnects, and auto-repair for corrupted search/kanban state
The post also notes SSH remote backend support, better tabs/dragging/drafts, and a new TUI widget-grid layout engine.
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