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The peer\nanswers the whole request with a JSON-RPC `InvalidParams` error and Hermes surfaces it as:\n\n```\nPeer '<name>' returned an error: A2A server accepts text parts only\n```\n\nThe message Hermes sends carries one part:\n\n```json\n{\"role\": \"ROLE_USER\", \"parts\": [{\"text\": \"…\", \"mediaType\": \"text/plain\"}], \"messageId\": \"…\"}\n```\n\n## Why it is wrong\n\nIn the A2A 1.0 `Part` message, `mediaType` accompanies the file/data members; on a text part it\nis redundant. Receivers that discriminate parts by which members are present read a part that\nsets both `text` and `mediaType` as non-text and reject it. The official `a2\n\n## Literal error text\n```\nmediaType rejected by A2A 1.0 peers\n```\n\n## Environment\nGitHub issue NousResearch/hermes-agent #127707; state=open\n\n## Trigger / context\n# A2A: outbound text parts advertise `mediaType`, which strict A2A 1.0 peers reject\n\n## What happens\n\n`a2a_call` fails against an A2A 1.0 server that validates parts on member presence. The peer\nanswers the whole request with a JSON-RPC `InvalidParams` error and Hermes surfaces it as:\n\n```\nPeer '<name>' returned an error: A2A server accepts text parts only\n```\n\nThe message Hermes sends carries one part:\n\n```json\n{\"role\": \"ROLE_USER\", \"parts\": [{\"text\": \"…\", \"mediaType\": \"text/plain\"}], \"messageId\": \"…\"}\n```\n\n## Why it is wrong\n\nIn the A2A 1.0 `Part` message, `mediaType` accompanies the file/data members; on a text part it\nis redundant. Receivers that discriminate parts by which members are present read a part that\nsets both `text` and `mediaType` as non-text and reject it. The official `a2a-sdk` omits\n`mediaType` on text parts, so the same peer accepts a request from an SDK-built client and\nrejects the same request from Hermes — the field is the only difference.\n\n## Where\n\n`plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py::text_part()`:\n\n```python\nreturn {\"text\": text, \"mediaType\": \"text/plain\"}\n```\n\nIt feeds text parts in messages, tasks and artifacts (three call sites in the same module).\n\n## Reproduction\n\n1. Run any A2A 1.0 server that discriminates parts on member presence (reproduced against a\n   self-hosted implementation of the A2A 1.0 JSON-RPC binding; the server answers\n   `InvalidParams` with `A2A server accepts text parts only`).\n2. Configure it under `a2a_agents:` and enable the\n\n## Source evidence\n- https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/127707 (2026-10-02T09:32:26Z) — GitHub issue #127707\n\n## Freshness\n- classification: FRESH_7D\n- retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:43:03.388295Z\n- scout_id: C9e6b1a4009\n\n## Scout notes\nThis Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. 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The peer\nanswers the whole request with a JSON-RPC `InvalidParams` error and Hermes surfaces it as:\n\n```\nPeer '<name>' returned an error: A2A server accepts text parts only\n```\n\nThe message Hermes sends carries one part:\n\n```json\n{\"role\": \"ROLE_USER\", \"parts\": [{\"text\": \"…\", \"mediaType\": \"text/plain\"}], \"messageId\": \"…\"}\n```\n\n## Why it is wrong\n\nIn the A2A 1.0 `Part` message, `mediaType` accompanies the file/data members; on a text part it\nis redundant. Receivers that discriminate parts by which members are present read a part that\nsets both `text` and `mediaType` as non-text and reject it. 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