# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hybrid plugin loaded or installed twice on desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where hybrid plugins with both unified and standalone desktop paths are scanned, loaded, or installed twice. Multiple fixes and a related issue report address this duplicate-loading problem on the desktop backend.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #121475. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121475 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-121475`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #100412: Desktop loads the same plugin twice when a hybrid repo's agent and desktop halves are both installed (unified plugins/<name>/desktop/plugin.js + standalone desktop-plugins/<name>/plugin.js)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121475: fix(desktop): never clone a unified package's desktop half standalone on a local backend**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugin-install-modal.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugin-install-modal.tsx`
- **#100485: fix(desktop): load a hybrid plugin from only one scan door**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121475`
- **#101046: fix(desktop): stop installing a hybrid plugin's desktop half twice**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `035171c7c`, `#121475`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121475 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.