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Summary

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the gateway, they previously got complete silence — the message was silently queued and only processed after the task finished (potentially 1+ hours later).

Reported by @Lonely__MH:

'Hermes is executing a task, and if you ask it another question, it won't respond at all — what do you do?'

Root cause

The two-level message guard system had a gap:

  • Level 1 (base.py) caught ALL messages for active sessions, stored them in _pending_messages, set an asyncio.Event, and returned — no response to user
  • Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which calls agent.interrupt() was never reached because Level 1 already intercepted the message
  • The interrupt mechanism was disconnected: the asyncio.Event didn't trigger agent.interrupt(), so the agent didn't even know about the user's message

Fix

Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message() to handle the normal (non-draining) case:

  1. Queue the message via merge_pending_message_event (processed after task finishes)
  2. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to signal the agent to wrap up sooner
  3. Send a status-rich acknowledgment with iteration count, elapsed time, and current tool
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s per session to avoid spamming rapid messages

User now sees:

⏳ Still working on the current task (10 min elapsed, iteration 21/60, running: terminal). Your message has been queued and will be processed next. Use /stop to interrupt.

Test plan

  • 7 new tests covering: basic ack, debounce suppression, cooldown expiry, status detail content, draining backward compat, PENDING_SENTINEL safety, missing adapter fallback
  • All 60 existing session/interrupt/queue tests pass
  • 2880/2880 gateway tests pass (10 pre-existing failures in discord/signal/voice unrelated to this change)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
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ulasbilgen pushed a commit to ulasbilgen/hermes-adhd-agent that referenced this pull request May 1, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
aj-nt pushed a commit to aj-nt/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 1, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
02356abc pushed a commit to 02356abc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
Egavasyug pushed a commit to Egavasyug/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
waefrebeorn pushed a commit to waefrebeorn/slermes that referenced this pull request Jul 2, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
liuchanchen pushed a commit to liuchanchen/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jul 3, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
kulikman pushed a commit to kulikman/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jul 16, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
waym0reom3ga added a commit to waym0reom3ga/autolycus-agent that referenced this pull request Jul 21, 2026
…NousResearch#10068)

When a user sends a message while the agent is executing a task on the
gateway, the agent is now interrupted immediately — not silently queued.
Previously, messages were stored in _pending_messages with zero feedback
to the user, potentially leaving them waiting 1+ hours.

Root cause: Level 1 guard (base.py) intercepted all messages for active
sessions and returned with no response. Level 2 (gateway/run.py) which
calls agent.interrupt() was never reached.

Fix: Expand _handle_active_session_busy_message to handle the normal
(non-draining) case:
  1. Call running_agent.interrupt(text) to abort in-flight tool calls
     and exit the agent loop at the next check point
  2. Store the message as pending so it becomes the next turn once the
     interrupted run returns
  3. Send a brief ack: 'Interrupting current task (10 min elapsed,
     iteration 21/60, running: terminal). I'll respond shortly.'
  4. Debounce acks to once per 30s to avoid spam on rapid messages

Reported by @Lonely__MH.
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