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When models return empty responses (no content, no tool calls, no reasoning), Hermes previously retried 3 times silently then fell through to '(empty)' — without ever trying the fallback provider chain. Users on GLM-4.5-Air and similar models experienced what appeared to be a complete hang, especially in gateway (Telegram/Discord) contexts where the silent retries produced zero feedback. Changes: - After exhausting 3 empty retries, attempt _try_activate_fallback() before giving up with '(empty)'. If fallback succeeds, reset retry counter and continue the conversation loop with the new provider. - Replace all _vprint() calls in recovery paths with _emit_status(), which surfaces messages through both CLI (_vprint with force=True) and gateway (status_callback -> adapter.send). Users now see: * '⚠️ Empty response from model — retrying (N/3)' during retries * '⚠️ Model returning empty responses — switching to fallback...' * '↻ Switched to fallback: <model> (<provider>)' on success * '❌ Model returned no content after all retries [and fallback]' - Add logger.warning() throughout empty response paths for log file visibility (model name, provider, retry counts). - Upgrade _last_content_with_tools fallback from logger.debug to logger.info + _emit_status so recovery is visible. - Upgrade thinking-only prefill continuation to use _emit_status. Tests: - test_empty_response_triggers_fallback_provider: verifies fallback activation after 3 empty retries produces content from fallback model - test_empty_response_fallback_also_empty_returns_empty: verifies graceful degradation when fallback also returns empty - test_empty_response_emits_status_for_gateway: verifies _emit_status is called during retries so gateway users see feedback Addresses #7180.