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In CLI mode (non-gateway), show_reasoning: true only takes effect when streaming: true is also set. See cli.py line 4023:

if self.show_reasoning and self.streaming_enabled:

This means users who prefer non-streaming CLI output (streaming: false) cannot see reasoning/thinking content, even with show_reasoning: true explicitly set.

Root Cause

In CLI mode (non-gateway), show_reasoning: true only takes effect when streaming: true is also set. See cli.py line 4023:

if self.show_reasoning and self.streaming_enabled:

This means users who prefer non-streaming CLI output (streaming: false) cannot see reasoning/thinking content, even with show_reasoning: true explicitly set.

Fix Action

Workaround

Setting streaming: true enables reasoning display, but changes the entire CLI output behavior to token-by-token streaming.

Code Example

if self.show_reasoning and self.streaming_enabled:
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Description

In CLI mode (non-gateway), show_reasoning: true only takes effect when streaming: true is also set. See cli.py line 4023:

if self.show_reasoning and self.streaming_enabled:

This means users who prefer non-streaming CLI output (streaming: false) cannot see reasoning/thinking content, even with show_reasoning: true explicitly set.

Expected

show_reasoning: true should display reasoning content in CLI mode regardless of the streaming setting.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Set show_reasoning: true and streaming: false in ~/.hermes/config.yaml
  2. Start hermes CLI
  3. Reasoning content is never displayed

Workaround

Setting streaming: true enables reasoning display, but changes the entire CLI output behavior to token-by-token streaming.

Version

hermes-agent v0.13.0 (May 2026)

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