v2026.7.7

NousResearch/hermes-agentv2026.7.7Jul 8, 2026by teknium1

AI Summary

This patch release aggregates approximately 660 PRs merged since v0.18.0, focusing on bug fixes, hardening, and stability work to provide a stable tagged release for downstream consumers.

Key Highlights

Rolls up ~660 PRs merged since v0.18.0
Includes installer/updater self-healing on Windows
Includes dashboard and gateway fixes
Includes WhatsApp dashboard pairing fixes
Includes MCP and provider fixes

Full Release Notes

# Hermes Agent v0.18.1 (v2026.7.7)

**Release Date:** July 7, 2026

> Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~660 PRs merged since v0.18.0 (July 1) — bug fixes, hardening, and in-progress feature work — into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, PyPI installs).

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## About this release

This is an infrastructure-driven patch tag rather than a fully curated release. Since v0.18.0 shipped six days ago, main has accumulated roughly **667 commits across ~990 files (+89.5k/−10.4k lines)**, including installer/updater self-healing on Windows, dashboard and gateway fixes, WhatsApp dashboard pairing, MCP and provider fixes, and a large volume of stability work.

**Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.19.0**, which will document everything from v0.18.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped; it's documented in the next minor release.

## Updating

```bash
hermes update        # existing installs
pip install -U hermes-agent
```

**Full Changelog**: [v2026.7.1...v2026.7.7](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.7.1...v2026.7.7)