Ryan@RyanaonX
Hermes Agent users: update your install.
A recent default config change caused some Hermes installs to route web_search / web_extract through Parallel.ai when no search/extract backend was configured.
If you never explicitly chose Parallel, that’s the problem.
Agent web traffic can include sensitive search queries, extracted URLs, research paths, customer context, debugging context, and internal workflows.
This should have been opt-in, not a silent default.
Credit where due: the Hermes team listened and merged a fix/revert.
So if you use Hermes, pull the latest update and check your web provider settings.
Bigger lesson for all AI tools:
No silent third-party defaults. No unclear routing of agent traffic. No “free” infrastructure without explicit user consent.