Release Date: November 2, 2026
Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~776 PRs merged since v0.22.5 into a stable release for the GitHub release (CLI and installers), 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 f0d94882e89, the window since v0.22.5 contains 3,448 non-merge commits across 4,316 changed files (+248,579 / −94,077), 776 merged PRs and 385 closed issues.
Also in the window, undocumented here on purpose: the Webapp served from the gateway's own listener (hermes webapp, a Desktop Web Access pane to open it on your network or your own URL behind Nous sign-in, and Desktop plugins loading in a browser tab), /model reset to clear a session's model pin without losing history, per-skill locks against autonomous writes (lockable from the Desktop Capabilities pane), opt-in prepared compaction (compression.prepare_ahead), hermes cron cancel plus a per-job missed-run policy and a Stop button in the Desktop cron editor, /delegation choices saved for the next session, hermes migrate and setup moving Grok Bot and OpenBot users over, opt-in OS-keychain storage for the vault key, the catalog's requires_hermes enforced at plugin install and update, agent-picked ElevenLabs voices in text_to_speech, a pre_llm_call hook that can block a turn before inference, Desktop group chat rename, disband, mentions and attachment paste, every profile shown as a Desktop sidebar section, Telegram video notes, Slack emoji reactions in thread context, and resumable downloads in the package manager.
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: v0.22.5...v0.22.6