# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config quoted-string list values silently ignored or flagged

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where list and mapping values stored as quoted strings in config.yaml are misread or silently ignored by config readers, with related work on warnings, doctor/startup diagnostics, and how config set writes these values.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #118843. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118843 (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-118843`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #105706: \[Bug\]: config: list/mapping values stored as quoted strings are silently ignored by every reader — no doctor or startup finding (stale pre-#88163 configs, hand edits)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118843: config.yaml quoted-string lists are flagged by doctor/startup and no longer written by config set; catalog stars probe re-mints its App token (#83308 #105706 #118113)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/skills-index.yml`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_list_values.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py`, `tests/website/test_fetch_plugin_stars.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/scripts/fetch-plugin-stars.py`
- **#105725: fix(config): warn when quoted container settings are ignored**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c3021aff0dc`, `#118843`, `#105706`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118843 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.