# Hermes Agent v0.20.2 (v2026.8.16)
**Release Date:** August 16, 2026
> Patch release. This tag rolls up the ~397 PRs merged since v0.20.1 into a stable tagged release for downstream consumers (Docker images, hosted deployments, fresh installs).
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## About this release
Since v0.20.1 (v2026.8.13, tagged August 13), this window landed **~967 commits** across **~1,279 files** (+128,522 / −7,622) — **~397 merged PRs** of fixes and improvements spanning the desktop app (multi-gateway Connections registry, profile-scoped refreshes, MCP health checks and deep links), the CLI (Windows update probes, Kitty keyboard protocol, chat `-c` hardening), the gateway (persisted model routes, /loop completion, Telegram DM topics), prompt caching for LiteLLM Claude on the OpenAI wire, cron hardening, auth resolution through profile scopes, and installer robustness on both Linux and Windows.
**Full curated release notes for this window will ship with v0.21.0**, which will document everything from v0.20.0 onward — highlights, feature areas, and complete contributor credits. Nothing in this window is skipped.
## Updating
- `hermes update` from an existing install
- Fresh install: `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash`
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/compare/v2026.8.13...v2026.8.16