Release Date: October 21, 2026
Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~620 PRs merged since v0.22.2 into a stable release for the CLI and installer, the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud. Full curated notes for this window ship with v0.23.0.
About this release
Measured at commit 5b147ab036d, the window since v0.22.2 contains 2,911 non-merge commits across 4,206 changed files (+360,278 / −64,308), about 620 merged PRs and 326 closed issues.
Also in the window, undocumented here on purpose: MCP progress notifications streamed as live tool progress, a refreshed classic CLI layout (glyph transcript, status line under the composer, two-line header), OAuth clients that plugins declare and Hermes signs in and refreshes, hermes plugins update offering every available plugin update plus an Update button for git-installed plugins in Desktop, steering and editing a queued prompt from Desktop, a guided subagent model and provider picker in Desktop, a live /loop countdown row in the CLI and TUI, opt-in Telegram DM topic transfer, a post_compaction plugin hook, a capabilities catalog, the Microsoft Store build going live automatically when a release publishes, session auto-prune back to opt-in with a one-time prompt when disk runs low, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt and one-slot DFlash drafts in the local runtime, and dozens of new plugin catalog entries.
Full curated release notes for this window ship with v0.23.0, which will document everything from v0.22.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped.
Updating
- Microsoft Store app: updates through the Store.
- Desktop app installed from the installer (.exe / .dmg): no change in this release; it updates with the next bundled release.
- CLI:
hermes update, or re-run the installer one-liner. - Docker / Hermes Cloud:
nousresearch/hermes-agent:stable(or:latest).
Full Changelog: v0.22.2...v0.22.3