# Hermes Agent 0.20.4: glass UI, tabbed sidebar, Bot Mode fixes, NVIDIA SkillEvaluator

> Patch release rolling up ~74 merged PRs since v0.20.3. Includes desktop glass/translucency UI (matte glass, frost picker, macOS pre-select), a tabbed SESSIONS|BOTS sidebar with per-bot hide/unhide, Bot Mode group-chat fixes (long-running member turns, Markdown rendering, cross-machine routing), NVIDIA SkillEvaluator Tier 1 advisory scanning on skill installs (license + security checks), cron media-send hardening (configurable timeout, manual-run attachments, missed-fire surfacing), SessionDB event-loop and contention fixes, hermes update parked-branch honesty, and kanban native OS notifications. Full curated release notes deferred to v0.21.0.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Hermes Agent |
| **Version** | v2026.8.18 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-08-18 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-21 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix |

## What changed


- **Glass/translucency UI:** matte glass, frost picker, macOS pre-select support.
- **Tabbed sidebar:** SESSIONS|BOTS tabs with per-bot hide/unhide.
- **Bot Mode fixes:** long-running member turns, Markdown rendering, cross-machine routing.
- **NVIDIA SkillEvaluator:** Tier 1 advisory scanning (license + security checks) on skill installs.
- **Cron media-send hardening:** configurable timeout, manual-run attachments, missed-fire surfacing.
- **SessionDB:** event-loop-thread and contention fixes.
- **hermes update:** parked-branch honesty fix.
- **Kanban:** native OS notifications.


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.8.18) — retrieved 2026-08-21


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