Hermes Agent v0.20.3: patch rollup of ~125 PRs including MCP 2.x, bot mode, cron self-heal
Patch release bundling ~125 merged PRs since v0.20.2 into a stable tag. Notable changes include the MCP 2.x SDK migration, stateless protocol support, a bundled Bot Mode plugin with teammate protocol, the CommandCode provider plugin, Python subprocess isolation, Cua Driver 0.20, cron scheduler self-healing (EMFILE, stale-claim, wedged-job recovery), and session handoff data-loss fixes. Full curated release notes deferred to v0.21.0.
PUBLISHED2026-08-17
OBSERVED2026-08-21
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SOURCES1
- MCP 2.x SDK migration and 2026-07-28 stateless protocol support
- Bot Mode plugin (hermes-bots) bundled with core teammate protocol
- CommandCode provider plugin
- Python subprocess hardening: PYTHONHOME/PYTHONPATH isolation
- Cua Driver 0.20 runtime contracts for computer use
- Kanban worktree/dispatch fixes
- Cron continuity flags and scheduler self-heal (EMFILE recovery, stale-claim reconciliation, wedged-job re-arm)
- Desktop remote-gateway headers and connection self-healing
- Session handoff data-loss fixes
- Ecosystem scout ports: plugin install security scanning, /worktree, /rollback hand-edit preservation, UTF-16 file reads, Gemini 3 tool-call ID preservation
- Full curated notes promised with v0.21.0
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