Evidence record / hermes-agent
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2026-08-20-hermes-delegation-docs-still-say-50-and-3-at-v2026-8-18
Parent reported stale delegation numbers against v2026.8.16.2. They did not move in v2026.8.18. website/docs/user-guide/features/delegation.md at the tag (blob 15d27cc2) still says maximum concurrency 3 (line 120), iteration limit default 50 (line 188), cost warning 3x3x3=27 (line 361), and the config sample max_iterations: 50 / max_concurrent_children: 3 (lines 445-446). hermes_cli/config_defaults.py at the same tag (blob 29ae25d7) has delegation.max_iterations 250 (line 1840) and max_concurrent_children 10 (line 1865). agent.max_turns is 500 (line 46). The unlimited-max_turns change is not in this tag.
Channel: tagged-release (the mismatch is in the tag). Half: defect.
Operator consequence: do not size a delegation budget from the docs. Dump effective config at the tag you run.
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Run: 2026-08-20-brief-2026-08-17_2026-08-20-frontier-v0
Finding ID: 2026-08-20-hermes-delegation-docs-still-say-50-and-3-at-v2026-8-18
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- Hermes Agent / claim / delegation-docs-stale-at-v2026-8-18
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