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Threshold rollup and v0.22.2 recovery

type: summaryconfidence: highupdated: 2026-10-21hermes_version: v0.22.2sources: 13

Key Points

The curated v0.22.0 notes cover the intervening v0.21 patches, not only newly introduced behavior. This digest applies their operator guidance at v0.22.2. Skip the mis-built v0.22.1; it is not a supported intermediate feature release.

Upgrade without losing the operating boundary

  • Update the distribution you actually run. v0.21.7 changed official source installs to release-following by default; forks and mirrors keep main-branch tracking. Store/MSIX and bundled apps use their package updater, Docker requires a new image, and Nix requires a rebuild. hermes pm owns tool/dependency repair, not application distribution. See cli reference and hermes desktop app.
  • Prepare the shared host. Profiles use a common gateway and Desktop backend instead of one service each. Parking one profile is not stopping every profile. Shared OAuth fallback is not full credential isolation; see messaging gateway and profiles multi instance.
  • Fix Email before expecting inbound messages. Set EMAIL_AUTHSERV_ID to the exact receiving server's authentication stamp. Without a pin, sender authentication drops mail even from allowed addresses. The v0.21.6 quoted-display-name allowlist fix is separate from this authentication requirement. See platform email.
  • Recheck security, not a replacement scanner. v0.21.6 fixes dashboard login limits/audit/body handling and native callback restrictions, and stops automatic Git operations executing untrusted repository filters. The rollup also narrows child credentials, endpoint-bound key routing, protected storage and plugin guard failures. tirith is removed without enabling a replacement; built-in content checks and approval policy remain. See approval system.
  • Preserve session intent. Core idle/daily reset timers are retired. Retention is a different mechanism: automatic pruning was already enabled before this refresh, with a 90-day retention default and open/pinned exclusions. Do not describe it as newly opt-in. Cron follows its effective main/fleet model unless pinned, rather than a creation-time snapshot. See memory system and cron scheduling.

Use the new surfaces without assuming broader permissions

Desktop onboarding can use the once-per-OS-user nous/welcome trial on a fresh local installation; it does not grant CLI/TUI/gateway free inference. Hosted connectors have their own app/account authorization, separate from inference subscriptions. plugin catalog provides reviewed pins, enablement and compatibility warnings; catalog presence is not a guarantee that a plugin is bundled or isolated from the filesystem.

Memory-provider and integration migrations preserve a distinction between bundled code and catalog installations. The tagged manifests retain ByteRover and RetainDB bundled; other named memory integrations need their catalog plugin. Current managed Python is 3.14, but the tagged compatible KittenTTS fork/platform markers govern availability rather than the rollup's blanket “unavailable” sentence.

Integrated llama.cpp and LM Studio routes, model favorites/reasoning/quota controls, Bot Screen takeover and live child monitoring reduce setup and supervision friction. They do not make cloud auxiliary tools offline, authorize password disclosure or permit unsupervised transactions. Follow local models airplane mode, model switching, bot mode and subagents delegation.

What v0.22.2 corrects

The patch fixes gateway startup after recycled PIDs on reboot and local-model recovery during long prompts/laptop sleep. It also repairs Mistral tool IDs, preserves custom/env-referenced endpoints when seeding profiles, identifies CDN blocks, and updates vulnerable dependency pins. User tools regain PATH precedence inside the agent terminal; that does not unpin internal PM or search tools.

A known limitation remains: sessions run under the wrong v0.22.1 gateway cannot be deleted in v0.22.2. (This wiki's advice: do not work around it by deleting the session database.)

Collective Wisdom, the card-style Desktop catalog, unlimited approval waits, parallel Bot Mode rounds, full root-auth isolation, the Classic palette and the tirith catalog plugin were reverted, not shipped features.

Relevant Concepts

Source Metadata

  • Publisher/type: Nous Research, official GitHub releases and tag-pinned docs/source.
  • Patch window: v0.21.4 (v2026.9.21), v0.21.5 (v2026.9.24), v0.21.6, v0.21.7, v0.22.0 and corrected v0.22.2. v0.22.1 is retained only as a skip warning.
  • Publication: v0.22.0 2026-10-14T03:21:46Z; v0.22.2 2026-10-15T08:21:32Z. The v0.21.7 body dates itself October 11; its API publication is October 12 UTC.
  • URLs: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v0.22.0 and https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/releases/tag/v0.22.2.
  • Attribution: shared-host/connector operations already appear in v0.21.4; Desktop SDK/navigation and host controls in v0.21.5; security fixes in v0.21.6; stable updates and reasoning replay in v0.21.7. The Threshold digest must not relabel those as brand-new v0.22.0 behavior.
  • Boundary: source inspection, not live GUI/provider/account testing. Tagged implementation governs conflicting headlines; detailed controls and restrictions belong to the linked task guides.

Sources

  • raw/github-releases-window-2026-10-20.json
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--getting-started--updating.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-hermes_cli--subcommands--update.py
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--reference--package-management.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--user-guide--messaging--email.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--user-guide--security.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-hermes_cli--config_defaults.py
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-pyproject.toml
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--user-guide--desktop.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--user-guide--features--memory-providers.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-website--docs--user-guide--features--cron.md
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-plugins--memory--byterover--plugin.yaml
  • raw/tag-v0.22.2-plugins--memory--retaindb--plugin.yaml