GitHub Release: NousResearch/hermes-agent v2026.8.16 (16.08.2026)

Release Date: August 16, 2026

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).

About this release

Since v0.20.1 (v2026.8.13, tagged August 13), this window landed ~967 commits across ~1,279 files (+128,522 / −7,622) — ~397 merged PRs of 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), prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire, cron hardening, auth resolution through profile scopes, and installer robustness on both Linux and Windows.

Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.21.0, which will document everything from v0.20.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped.

Updating

• hermes update from an existing install


• Fresh install: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Full Changelog: v2026.8.13...v2026.8.16