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Hermes Agent Criticized, Teknium Fires Back
A user's complaint that Hermes agent breaks when advanced features are enabled drew a sharp rebuttal from co-founder Teknium, who pointed to the repo's 17,500 open issues in a public spat.
2026-09-07 ~ 2026-09-07 · 2 episodes · 5 posts
Episode 1 · Users Slam Nous Research's Hermes Agent as Advanced Features Trigger Endless Bugs (2026-09-07, 3 posts)
User matviy complained that Nous Research's Hermes agent works fine until advanced features like tools, gateway, context, and integrations are enabled, after which endless bugs emerge—fixing one every two days while introducing two new ones.
- Hermes agent user slams 'everything app': tools and gateway features riddled with bugs — matviy · 2026-09-07
- Hermes agent framework under fire: works fine unless you touch advanced features — _kvnloo · 2026-09-07
- Hermes Agent user slams 'endless bugs' in tools and integrations; Nous says he installed a community fork — diggz976 · 2026-09-07
Episode 2 · Teknium fires back at Hermes critics over open issue count (2026-09-07, 2 posts)
Nous Research's Teknium pushed back against a Hermes critic, saying the repo actually has 17,500 open issues rather than the claimed 333.
- Nous Research's Teknium hits back at Hermes critic: repo has 17,500 open issues — Teknium · 2026-09-07
- Teknium fires back at Hermes critic: repo has 17,500 open issues, not 333 — Teknium · 2026-09-07