From 3fbcc6ee2c29152c1e529adc9c2ca628ef4ba368 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikei386 <44135113+Mikei386@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:41:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Disable reasoning by default across clients

---
 platform/hermes/config.yaml                      | 7 +++----
 platform/hermes/install-profiles.sh              | 2 +-
 platform/openwebui/filters/auto_tool_selector.py | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/platform/hermes/config.yaml b/platform/hermes/config.yaml
index 7793a7b..ad3c703 100644
--- a/platform/hermes/config.yaml
+++ b/platform/hermes/config.yaml
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ agent:
   # checkpoint in a fresh turn instead of receiving an effectively unlimited
   # 500-step budget.
   max_turns: 64
-  # Keep enough deliberation for tool choice while avoiding the provider's
-  # unbounded `auto` reasoning mode on ordinary turns. Users can still raise it
-  # per session with /reasoning.
-  reasoning_effort: "low"
+  # Ordinary turns run without hidden reasoning. Users can enable it explicitly
+  # per session with /reasoning medium or /reasoning high when a task needs it.
+  reasoning_effort: "none"
   gateway_timeout: 3600
   session_stall_timeout: 600
   tool_loop_guardrails:
diff --git a/platform/hermes/install-profiles.sh b/platform/hermes/install-profiles.sh
index efc0bf6..dafab5e 100755
--- a/platform/hermes/install-profiles.sh
+++ b/platform/hermes/install-profiles.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ create_profile() {
   # tuning. Enforce them on old profiles as well as newly cloned profiles.
   docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set model.max_tokens "$max_tokens"
   docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set agent.max_turns 64
-  docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set agent.reasoning_effort low
+  docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set agent.reasoning_effort none
   docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set display.show_reasoning false
   docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set auxiliary.title_generation.enabled false
   docker exec "$HERMES_CONTAINER" hermes -p "$name" config set web.search_backend keenable
diff --git a/platform/openwebui/filters/auto_tool_selector.py b/platform/openwebui/filters/auto_tool_selector.py
index 915b237..6552e86 100644
--- a/platform/openwebui/filters/auto_tool_selector.py
+++ b/platform/openwebui/filters/auto_tool_selector.py
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ class Filter:
         enabled: bool = True
         max_automatic_tools: int = 8
         show_selection_status: bool = True
-        enable_multidomain_reasoning: bool = True
+        # Never enable reasoning merely because several tools are selected.
+        # Thinking remains an explicit user choice for the current request.
+        enable_multidomain_reasoning: bool = False
         multidomain_reasoning_effort: str = "medium"
         multidomain_reasoning_budget: int = 3072