# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Env var propagation to systemd units bug/fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #102279: \[Bug\]: MNEMOSYNE_EMBEDDING_MODEL/DIM not propagated to hermes serve/dashboard (systemd) → silent dimension mismatch corrupts memory rows

A bug was identified where embedding model environment variables were not passed through to systemd-managed dashboard and serve units, causing silent dimension mismatches. Related pull requests address propagating these env vars to the affected systemd units.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #102279: \[Bug\]: MNEMOSYNE_EMBEDDING_MODEL/DIM not propagated to hermes serve/dashboard (systemd) → silent dimension mismatch corrupts memory rows

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102314: gateway: propagate env vars to systemd units for dashboard/serve**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#102279`
- **#107806: fix(gateway): propagate env vars to systemd units for dashboard/serve (#102279)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `040889a8d9`, `#102314`, `#102279`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`