Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16)
- Multi-gateway Connections registry in desktop app
- Profile-scoped refreshes in desktop app
- MCP health checks and deep links in desktop app
- Windows update probes in CLI
- Kitty keyboard protocol support in CLI
- Persisted model routes in gateway
- Telegram DM topics support in gateway
- Prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire
- /loop completion in gateway
- Chat -c flag hardening in CLI
- Cron hardening
- Auth resolution through profile scopes
- Installer robustness on Linux
- Installer robustness on Windows
Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (v2026.8.16)
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 updatefrom an existing install- Fresh install:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
Full Changelog: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.8.13...v2026.8.16