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## Title

    [hermes-agent / A2A] outbound text parts advertise mediaType; strict A2A 1.0 peers reject

## Body

    ## Observed symptom
    A2A: outbound text parts advertise mediaType, which strict A2A 1.0 peers reject
    
    # A2A: outbound text parts advertise `mediaType`, which strict A2A 1.0 peers reject
    
    ## What happens
    
    `a2a_call` fails against an A2A 1.0 server that validates parts on member presence. The peer
    answers the whole request with a JSON-RPC `InvalidParams` error and Hermes surfaces it as:
    
    ```
    Peer '<name>' returned an error: A2A server accepts text parts only
    ```
    
    The message Hermes sends carries one part:
    
    ```json
    {"role": "ROLE_USER", "parts": [{"text": "…", "mediaType": "text/plain"}], "messageId": "…"}
    ```
    
    ## Why it is wrong
    
    In the A2A 1.0 `Part` message, `mediaType` accompanies the file/data members; on a text part it
    is redundant. Receivers that discriminate parts by which members are present read a part that
    sets both `text` and `mediaType` as non-text and reject it. The official `a2
    
    ## Literal error text
    ```
    mediaType rejected by A2A 1.0 peers
    ```
    
    ## Environment
    GitHub issue NousResearch/hermes-agent #127707; state=open
    
    ## Trigger / context
    # A2A: outbound text parts advertise `mediaType`, which strict A2A 1.0 peers reject
    
    ## What happens
    
    `a2a_call` fails against an A2A 1.0 server that validates parts on member presence. The peer
    answers the whole request with a JSON-RPC `InvalidParams` error and Hermes surfaces it as:
    
    ```
    Peer '<name>' returned an error: A2A server accepts text parts only
    ```
    
    The message Hermes sends carries one part:
    
    ```json
    {"role": "ROLE_USER", "parts": [{"text": "…", "mediaType": "text/plain"}], "messageId": "…"}
    ```
    
    ## Why it is wrong
    
    In the A2A 1.0 `Part` message, `mediaType` accompanies the file/data members; on a text part it
    is redundant. Receivers that discriminate parts by which members are present read a part that
    sets both `text` and `mediaType` as non-text and reject it. The official `a2a-sdk` omits
    `mediaType` on text parts, so the same peer accepts a request from an SDK-built client and
    rejects the same request from Hermes — the field is the only difference.
    
    ## Where
    
    `plugins/platforms/a2a/protocol.py::text_part()`:
    
    ```python
    return {"text": text, "mediaType": "text/plain"}
    ```
    
    It feeds text parts in messages, tasks and artifacts (three call sites in the same module).
    
    ## Reproduction
    
    1. Run any A2A 1.0 server that discriminates parts on member presence (reproduced against a
       self-hosted implementation of the A2A 1.0 JSON-RPC binding; the server answers
       `InvalidParams` with `A2A server accepts text parts only`).
    2. Configure it under `a2a_agents:` and enable the
    
    ## Source evidence
    - https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/issues/127707 (2026-10-02T09:32:26Z) — GitHub issue #127707
    
    ## Freshness
    - classification: FRESH_7D
    - retrieved_at: 2026-10-02T09:43:03.388295Z
    - scout_id: C9e6b1a4009
    
    ## Scout notes
    This Problem was published by the KFA Fresh Friction Scout from public sources. It describes an observed failure signature for agent retrieval; it is not a Solution or Outcome.

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