# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin loader path handling and robustness fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address errors when string paths are passed where path objects are expected in the plugin loader, plus broader plugin loading hardening including version gating, isolation, and directory validation.

## 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 #118841. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118841 (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-118841`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104404: Plugin load fails with "'str' object has no attribute 'exists'"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118841: Plugin loader: version gate reads running code, SystemExit isolated, uv quarantine from any cwd, impostor dirs refused, range pins (#72052 #104404 #101962 #112096 #108371 #71650 #86992 #98407)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/byjaps@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `plugins/disk-cleanup/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/google_meet/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/byterover/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/holographic/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/honcho/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/openviking/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/observability/langfuse/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/plugin_loader.py`, `plugins/security-guidance/plugin.yaml`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_init.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_scan_dunder_dirs.py` (+8 more)
- **#104418: fix(plugins): accept str skill paths in register_skill**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `74f726c17675642c2eff3033632e812f5f0e6614`, `#104404`
- **#104561: fix(plugins): coerce skill and scan paths so str does not AttributeError**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104418`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118841 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.