# hermes-agent v2026.8.16 — Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (2026.8.16)

- Product: hermes-agent (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hermes-agent)
- Vendor: NousResearch
- Date: 2026-08-16
- Version: v2026.8.16
- Original notes: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v2026.8.16
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hermes-agent/releases/v2026.8.16

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- **added** — Multi-gateway Connections registry in desktop app
- **added** — Profile-scoped refreshes in desktop app
- **added** — MCP health checks and deep links in desktop app
- **added** — Windows update probes in CLI
- **added** — Kitty keyboard protocol support in CLI
- **added** — Persisted model routes in gateway
- **added** — Telegram DM topics support in gateway
- **added** — Prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire
- **changed** — Chat -c flag hardening in CLI
- **changed** — Cron hardening
- **changed** — Auth resolution through profile scopes
- **fixed** — Installer robustness on Linux
- **fixed** — Installer robustness on Windows
- **added** — /loop completion in gateway

#### 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).

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##### 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 update` from 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