Hermes Agent v0.22.3
Release Date: October 21, 2026> Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~620 PRs merged since v0.22.2 into a stable release for the CLI and installer, the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud. Full curated notes for this window ship with v0.23.0.
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About this release
Measured at commit 5b147ab036d, the window since v0.22.2 contains 2,911 non-merge commits across 4,206 changed files (+360,278 / −64,308), about 620 merged PRs and 326 closed issues.
Also in the window, undocumented here on purpose: MCP progress notifications streamed as live tool progress, a refreshed classic CLI layout (glyph transcript, status line under the composer, two-line header), OAuth clients that plugins declare and Hermes signs in and refreshes, hermes plugins update offering every available plugin update plus an Update button for git-installed plugins in Desktop, steering and editing a queued prompt from Desktop, a guided subagent model and provider picker in Desktop, a live /loop countdown row in the CLI and TUI, opt-in Telegram DM topic transfer, a post_compaction plugin hook, a capabilities catalog, the Microsoft Store build going live automatically when a release publishes, session auto-prune back to opt-in with a one-time prompt when disk runs low, Nemotron 3.5 Bolt and one-slot DFlash drafts in the local runtime, and dozens of new plugin catalog entries.
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).