[Bug]: Error: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
This issue reports that Hermes crashes with a 'NoneType' object is not iterable error when using the openai-codex provider with gpt-5.5, aborting as a non-retryable client error. This issue is closed.
Top 10 Official Issues
Ranked by official GitHub reactions: the most upvoted bug reports and feature requests, i.e. the community's biggest pains and most wanted directions. Ranking data syncs daily; status derives from official labels.
No.1 . 55 reactions . 38 comments
No.2 . 52 reactions . 16 comments
Fix Codex stream None output recovery
This issue documents a reproducible Hermes crash when the OpenAI Codex Responses backend returns response.output = None mid-stream, and proposes patches (backfilling output, fallback to responses.create, guarding output_text access) to make Hermes resilient to it. This issue is closed.
No.3 . 52 reactions . 26 comments
[Feature]: Improved Themes for Dashboard - currently hard to read
This issue requests new dashboard themes with more standard fonts, sizes, weights, and contrast, since the existing themes (Midnight, Ember, Mono, Cyberpunk, Rose) are reported as hard to read, citing Linear as a reference for clarity.
No.4 . 45 reactions . 8 comments
[Feature]: Desktop Client-Only Installation
This issue requests a first-class client-only install mode for Hermes Desktop that connects to an existing remote Hermes instance, since today the app always attempts to bootstrap a local runtime on first launch unless one is found.
No.5 . 41 reactions . 8 comments
[Feature]: Claude Agent SDK model provider with subscription OAuth (Codex-style)
This issue requests a Claude subscription OAuth model provider for Hermes (similar to the existing Codex OAuth flow), so Claude subscribers can use their monthly Agent SDK credit instead of paying separately for a Developer Platform API key.
No.6 . 41 reactions . 22 comments
Feature: A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Protocol Support — Remote Agent Discovery, Communication & Interoperability
This issue proposes adding support for Google's A2A (Agent-to-Agent) protocol to Hermes, allowing it to discover and call remote agents built on other frameworks and expose itself as an A2A-discoverable agent.
No.7 . 35 reactions . 25 comments
Feature: Multi-Agent Architecture — Orchestration, Cooperation, Specialized Roles & Resilient Workflows
This umbrella issue proposes evolving Hermes from a single agent with isolated sub-agent delegation into a true multi-agent architecture with specialized roles, dependency-aware workflows, inter-agent cooperation, and resilient execution. This issue is closed.
No.8 . 30 reactions . 7 comments
[Feature]: Add Searxng as a default web search provider (alongside firecrawl, tavily, etc)
This issue proposes adding Searxng as an additional native web search backend in web_tools.py, alongside existing providers like Firecrawl and Tavily.
No.9 . 29 reactions . 7 comments
web_search/web_extract silently routes to Parallel.ai without user opt-in
This issue reports that a commit changed the default behavior of web_search/web_extract to silently route traffic to Parallel's hosted search.parallel.ai endpoint when no backend is configured, with no user opt-in or prompt, and that follow-up commits hardened this default further. This issue is closed.
No.10 . 29 reactions . 7 comments
feat(delegation): agent profiles for delegate_task — custom orchestration harness support
This issue proposes allowing delegate_task to spawn subagents from named agent profiles defined in config.yaml, so users can customize system prompts, models, and tool scoping per subagent role without modifying Hermes core.