What's new in v3.3.2

Hermes UI 3.3.2 is a live-work reliability patch. It makes background/process work harder to miss, flags local-work claims when no tool ran, and keeps task status visible near the composer instead of letting it scroll away.

Live work visibility

• Composer work banner — active Hermes work and task follow-ups now stay visible directly above the message box with a quick Open Tasks action
• Tool honesty guard — local file/process claims with no tool call are flagged in chat so users do not mistake narrated work for completed work
• Tasks screenshot — README now shows the Tasks board and live work tracking flow

What's new in v3.3.1

Hermes UI 3.3.1 is a session-memory hotfix. It aligns the chat stream lifecycle more closely with Nesquena/Hermes WebUI so context compression and session rotation do not leave the visible UI chat attached to a stale shorter backend session.

Session durability hotfix

• Compression session aliases — when Hermes rotates a session after context compression, the UI proxy now remembers the old ID points to the new canonical ID, even across proxy restarts
• Frontend session handoff — the stream handshake now carries the canonical session ID through compression, cancel/error, approval, and done events
• History drift repair — if the visible UI transcript is clearly longer than the server session file, the server repairs from the frontend transcript instead of answering from missing context

What's new in v3.3

Hermes UI 3.3 is a polish and durability release. It makes the app easier to read at a glance, steadier on long-running work, and better at showing you what Hermes is doing without turning the interface into clutter.

Health + operational visibility

• Health screen — consolidated Hermes heartbeat, agent/model/provider status, Scrapling/web extraction status, and redacted recent log snippets
• Recent log safety — logs shown in the UI are allowlisted and redacted so tokens and API keys do not leak into the app surface
• Version/update awareness — Hermes UI and Hermes Agent update status stay visible in-app without taking over the main workspace
• Background work monitor — active tools and "check back later" background work surface in Tasks and show a compact chat notice so users know where to continue
• Tool honesty guard — local file/process claims with no tool call are flagged in chat so users do not mistake narrated work for completed work

Chat performance + usability

• Long-chat smoothing — very large conversations render the newest messages first with a load-older control to reduce browser memory pressure
• Improved conversation ordering — recent chats stay easier to scan and recover during active work
• Pinned chat cleanup — pinned sessions keep a clear single-star indicator instead of duplicate pin markers

UI cleanup + branding

• Focused sidebar — the left rail defaults to core work areas first, with secondary tools tucked behind a clearer expander
• Cleaner composer/footer — bottom controls are condensed so the message box gets more space
• Space/profile cleanup — duplicate workspace controls were removed and the active space now lives in a more sensible spot
• Hermes Agent branding — refreshed wordmark/avatar treatment gives the app a more intentional identity

What's new in v3.2

Hermes UI 3.2 turns the project into a stronger multi-work command center, pairing the v3.1 workspace foundation with live task tracking, GitHub workflow polish, and Hermes Agent 0.12 validation.

Tasks / Kanban board

• Tasks screen — live Kanban-style board with Backlog, Active, Blocked, and Done columns
• Automatic task detection — board cards are derived from Hermes todos, delegated subagent work, and active chat state
• Source chat jump-back — click any task card to return to the chat where that work came from
• Board filtering — quickly narrow visible work by task text, source chat, kind, or status
• /tasks slash command — open the Tasks board from the composer
• Hermes Agent 0.12 validation — tested against official Hermes Agent v0.12.0 while keeping the board independent of unreleased upstream Kanban APIs

GitHub / release workflow

• GitHub issue shortcuts — status-bar feedback links open bug reports and feature requests directly
• Issue templates — GitHub now has dedicated bug report and feature request templates
• Version/update health — Hermes UI and Hermes Agent update status are surfaced in-app

Operations + performance follow-up

• Health screen — consolidated Hermes heartbeat, agent/model/provider status, Scrapling/web extraction status, and redacted recent log snippets
• Long-chat smoothing — very large conversations render the newest messages first with a load-older control to reduce browser memory pressure

Deployment safety

• Optional LAN password auth — set HERMES_UI_PASSWORD before exposing Hermes UI beyond localhost
• Local artifact protection — personal launchers and local agent state stay out of releases

What's new in v3.1

Hermes UI 3.1 is a workflow release: it makes the app feel more like a daily command center for real projects instead of a single chat surface.

Spaces / workspaces

• Spaces screen — add, rename, remove, and switch saved workspace roots from the UI
• Folder picker for new spaces — choose a folder from Home, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, OneDrive, drives, or the computer root without typing a path
• Workspace-aware chats — new chats and side questions carry the active workspace into Hermes as context
• Workspace-aware file browser — the Files view follows the active space instead of always browsing ~/.hermes
• /workspace slash command — switch the active space by name or path from the composer

Chat and composer upgrades

• Slash command menu — quick access to common chat actions from the composer
• Chat profiles — switch response styles and have the selected profile apply to outgoing messages
• Per-message model switching — pick a different chat model from the composer without losing the current conversation context
• Mermaid rendering — diagrams render directly in chat messages
• Helper model controls — configure helper behavior for image handling and related fallback flows
• Context meter fix — context pressure now estimates current visible messages instead of cumulative session counters

Operations and visibility

• Restart tab — restart, pull, and update controls now live in a dedicated settings area
• Version + feedback shortcuts — the status bar shows the running Hermes UI version and links directly to GitHub bug/feature reports
• Startup interpreter recovery — serve_lite.py detects the wrong Python and relaunches with the Hermes venv when possible
• Subagent/delegation cards — delegated work and batch delegation calls are easier to follow in the chat stream
• Live todo panel polish — todo panels update more reliably and no longer resurface stale state
• Local artifact protection — .gitignore now excludes local agent state, handoff notes, and unrelated project artifacts

Previous v3.0 highlights remain

• Provider/API-key management, model capability labels, reasoning effort control, and steering during streaming
• Session search, retry/redo, resizable layout, artifact panel, MCP Tools browser, terminal tabs, memory tools, cron jobs, skills browser, themes, and mobile layout support

Features

Chat Interface

• SSE streaming with incremental markdown rendering
• Tool call visualization with expandable results
• Message editing and re-sending
• Composer slash commands for common actions
• /tasks command for opening the live task board
• Retry / redo from older prompts without deleting later messages
• Session search across titles and message content
• Image paste/drop with native vision passthrough for supported models, plus Gemini fallback when needed
• Switch the chat model from the composer for the next reply while keeping the same conversation context
• Document upload in the composer (.txt, .md, .pdf, .json, .csv, .py, .js, .ts) — RTF auto-converts to plain text
• Pause, steer, and stop controls mid-stream
• Reasoning effort selector in the compos