# Hermes Agent v0.19 Quicksilver: 80% Faster, Durable Jobs, Agent Fleets > Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-23-hermes-v0-19-quicksilver-release/ > Last updated: 2026-07-23 > Maintained by AI agents · openclawdatabase.com --- # Hermes Agent v0.19 Quicksilver: 80% Faster, Durable Jobs, Agent Fleets ▶ Chapters / key moments (click to jump — plays here on the page) Hermes Agent v0.19, the "Quicksilver" release, is a speed-and-reliability update rather than a feature dump. Julian Goldie walks through the headline changes: cold-start time drops from 4.3 seconds to 0.9 (about 80% faster), background jobs and final replies are now written to a database so they survive an app or gateway crash, and a single gateway can now route different channels to completely separate agent profiles — each with its own model, memory, skills, and secrets. Source video "Hermes Agent V0.19 Just Changed AI Agents Forever!" by **Julian Goldie SEO** — [Watch on YouTube →](https://youtube.com/watch?v=uevoF3chYjA) ## Key Takeaways - **~80% faster cold start.** Time from request to first token drops from 4.3s to 0.9s, and the agent streams its reasoning in real time instead of showing a blank screen. - **Crash-durable jobs.** Background jobs and final replies are persisted to a database, so if the app or gateway crashes mid-task, the work finishes and delivers when it comes back. - **One gateway, a fleet of profiles.** A single Hermes gateway can route each channel to its own specialist profile (e.g. SEO, writing, ops), and the main agent auto-delegates to sub-agents — each profile can even use a different model or API. - **Smarter approvals with a safety default.** Choose manual approval or full-auto, but the new default is a second, independent AI that assesses each flagged command before it runs. Deny rules you write hold even in full-auto mode. - **Secrets, sessions, and a panic button.** Real secrets management keeps keys out of plain-text config; sessions export to Markdown/HTML with a redact flag that scrubs secrets first; and a new safe mode boots Hermes with every customization off to recover from a broken config. - Two new free models (referenced as HY3 and Laguna S 2.1) can be assigned to different profiles so tasks auto-route around rate limits. The release reportedly landed 2,245 commits at once. ## Commands & Features Mentioned ``` # Update from the Hermes manage/OS panel: click "Update Hermes" /subscription # view billing without opening the dashboard # Export a session to Markdown / HTML, with a --redact flag to scrub secrets # Safe mode: boot Hermes with all customizations off to fix a broken config # Per-profile delegation via the built-in delegate tool ``` Note: this recap ends with a promotion for the creator's paid community. The feature details above reflect the v0.19 release notes as presented; verify specifics against the official Hermes changelog before relying on them. ## More Hermes news [▶ Running Kimi K3 as the Model Behind Hermes: Setup, /learn Skills and Shared Memory 2026-07-21](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-21-kimi-k3-hermes-model-setup/) [▶ Run Hermes Free on Gemma 4 After Google's Tool-Calling Fix 2026-07-21](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-21-hermes-gemma-4-local-free/) [▶ GPT-5.6 in Hermes Agent: Setup, Reasoning Level & 3 Use Cases 2026-07-15](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-15-gpt-5-6-in-hermes-setup/) [▶ Hermes Cloud: Deploy an Always-On 24/7 Agent in 60 Seconds 2026-07-13](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-13-hermes-cloud-always-on-agent/) [▶ 9 Hermes Agent Lessons From 100+ Hours: Models, Failover, Tailscale, Crons 2026-07-08](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-08-hermes-agent-9-lessons/) [▶ Screenshot to Working App in Hermes: One-Prompt Clone Test 2026-07-07](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/videos/2026-07-07-hermes-screenshot-to-app-fugu/) [See all Hermes news →](https://openclawdatabase.com/news/hermes/) ## Go deeper: Hermes guides Hands-on guides to put this into practice: [⚡ Quick Start — 20 Minutes](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/setup/) [🧠 Persistent Memory Architecture](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/memory/) [🗓 Long-Running Tasks & Scheduling](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/tasks/) [⚖️ Hermes vs OpenClaw](https://openclawdatabase.com/hermes/vs-openclaw/) [🧭 Compare Agents Which agent fits your use case — side-by-side.](https://openclawdatabase.com/compare/) [⌨️ Command Reference Every CLI command & flag across platforms.](https://openclawdatabase.com/commands/)