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Hermes Agent Hermes Agent v0.22.4

2026-10-21 · official notes

Summary

• Hermes Agent v0.22.4
• Release Date: October 21, 2026
• Patch release. Desktop stops showing suggestion pills above the composer, plus small plugin and dashboard fixes, for the CLI and installer, the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud.

Full notes

# Hermes Agent v0.22.4

**Release Date:** October 21, 2026

> Patch release. Desktop stops showing suggestion pills above the composer, plus small plugin and dashboard fixes, for the CLI and installer, the Microsoft Store app, Docker and Hermes Cloud.

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## Fixes

- **Desktop no longer shows suggestion pills above the composer.** The pills appeared for no clear reason, mostly nudging you to set up MCP servers. They and the helpers that only they used are gone. ([#142559](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142559))
- **Plugins that install nothing skip the dependency consent step.** A plugin that declares no dependencies, or whose `pyproject.toml` installs nothing, now enables without an empty consent prompt. ([#142569](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142569))
- **Dashboard: WhatsApp can be safely re-paired after logging out.** ([#142439](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142439))
- **Desktop plugin review:** the surface lint no longer flags prototype writes; reviewers check them by hand. ([#142586](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142586))
- **Desktop: the approval-mode chip follows the active profile's mode.** ([#142565](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142565))
- **Release builds:** the desktop bundle's pre-build check gets enough time to verify archived build inputs when storage is slow. ([#142623](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/pull/142623))

Also new in the plugin catalog: bubblewrap (bwrap terminal backend on Linux), Singularity/Apptainer, mcp-serve (Hermes as an MCP server), agent-importers (`hermes import-agent`, now with Cursor), inbox and workflow-record from Hermes Labs. Telegram Business moves to the Hermes Labs community tier.

## About this release

Measured at commit `4d04303818b`, the window since v0.22.3 contains **14 non-merge commits** across **82 changed files** (+1,475 / −3,022) and **13 merged PRs**.

## 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`).

**Full Changelog**: [v0.22.3...v0.22.4](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v0.22.3...v0.22.4)