v2026.7.20: The Quicksilver Release Makes Hermes Faster and More Durable
Hermes v0.19.0 cuts first-turn time-to-first-token by about 80%, speeds up Desktop and TUI streaming, adds terminal and Desktop subscription management, makes smart command approvals the default, integrates Bitwarden and 1Password secret sources, and makes subagent and message delivery durable across restarts.
A same-day follow-up to v0.18.1 moves the WhatsApp Baileys bridge dependency from a pinned Git commit to its published npm release. Tagged Hermes Docker builds can now install this dependency reliably.
v2026.7.7: Stability Update for Packaged Hermes Installs
This infrastructure-focused patch rolls the post-v0.18.0 stability work into a tagged release for Docker images, hosted deployments, and PyPI installs, including installer, dashboard, gateway, WhatsApp, MCP, and provider fixes.
v2026.7.1: The Judgment Release Makes “Done” Evidence-Based
Hermes v0.18.0 closes every tracked P0 and P1 at release time and adds first-class Mixture-of-Agents models, completion contracts and verification evidence for /goal, /learn and /journey, background fan-out, coding Projects in Desktop, and scale-to-zero gateway coordination.
v2026.6.19: The Reach Release Expands Hermes Across More Surfaces
v0.17.0 adds iMessage through Photon, the Raft agent network, background subagents, image editing, automation blueprints, an expanded Hermes Desktop, a browser-based profile builder, a rebuilt Skills Hub, and a more capable memory tool.