fix(moa): route per-slot reasoning effort through the canonical parser

_clean_reasoning_effort kept its own whitelist that stopped at 'max',
silently dropping 'ultra' from MoA slot configs. Route it through
hermes_constants.parse_reasoning_effort — the same one-source-of-truth
fix the salvaged commit applies to the gateway — so future effort
levels can't drift here either. Docs updated to list ultra.

Follow-up to salvaged PR #64012.

hermes_cli/moa_config.py

@@ -75,18 +75,16 @@ def _coerce_fanout(value: Any) -> str:
 
 def _clean_reasoning_effort(value: Any) -> str | None:
     """Return a canonical per-slot reasoning effort, or None when unset/invalid."""
+    from hermes_constants import parse_reasoning_effort
+
     if value is None or value is True:
         return None
-    if value is False:
-        return "none"
-    text = str(value or "").strip().lower()
-    if not text:
+    parsed = parse_reasoning_effort(value)
+    if parsed is None:
         return None
-    if text in {"none", "false", "disabled"}:
+    if parsed.get("enabled") is False:
         return "none"
-    if text in {"minimal", "low", "medium", "high", "xhigh", "max"}:
-        return text
-    return None
+    return parsed.get("effort")
 
 
 def _clean_slot(slot: Any) -> dict[str, Any] | None:

scripts/release.py

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ACP_REGISTRY_MANIFEST = REPO_ROOT / "acp_registry" / "agent.json"
 
 # Auto-extracted from noreply emails + manual overrides
 AUTHOR_MAP = {
+    "kar.iskakov@gmail.com": "karfly",  # PR #64012 salvage (gateway: surface extended reasoning efforts)
     "agungsubastian1963@gmail.com": "aguung",  # PR #64461 salvage (gateway: multiplex secret_scope for authz/Slack/webhooks)
     "jtstothard@gmail.com": "jtstothard",  # PR #63256 salvage (gateway: multiplex secondary adapter config validation)
     "doogie@spark.local": "SAMBAS123",  # PR #64986 salvage (gateway: multiplex primary bot token scope)

tests/hermes_cli/test_moa_config.py

@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ def test_normalize_moa_config_preserves_slot_reasoning_effort():
                         {"provider": "openai-codex", "model": "gpt-5.6-sol", "reasoning_effort": "LOW"},
                         {"provider": "openai-codex", "model": "gpt-5.6-sol", "reasoning_effort": False},
                         {"provider": "openai-codex", "model": "gpt-5.6-sol", "reasoning_effort": "nonsense"},
+                        {"provider": "openai-codex", "model": "gpt-5.6-sol", "reasoning_effort": "ultra"},
                     ],
                     "aggregator": {"provider": "openai-codex", "model": "gpt-5.6-sol", "reasoning_effort": "xhigh"},
                 }
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ def test_normalize_moa_config_preserves_slot_reasoning_effort():
     assert preset["reference_models"][0]["reasoning_effort"] == "low"
     assert preset["reference_models"][1]["reasoning_effort"] == "none"
     assert "reasoning_effort" not in preset["reference_models"][2]
+    assert preset["reference_models"][3]["reasoning_effort"] == "ultra"
     assert preset["aggregator"]["reasoning_effort"] == "xhigh"
 
 

website/docs/user-guide/features/mixture-of-agents.md

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Reference and aggregator slots may also set `reasoning_effort`. Use this when
 you want the same model to contribute at different depths, or when the
 aggregator should think harder than the advisory references. Valid values match
 Hermes' normal reasoning controls: `none`, `minimal`, `low`, `medium`, `high`,
-`xhigh`, and `max`.
+`xhigh`, `max`, and `ultra`.
 
 ```yaml
 moa: