# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix invalid context engine options and placeholder mapping

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #107664: \[Bug\]: Context management engine select offers "default"/"custom" — no engine implements them, the choice silently falls back and logs a bogus "not found" warning
- PR #107675: fix(config): map context.engine placeholders to compressor and discover plugins

These members address a bug where context engine selection exposed invalid options ('default'/'custom') that no engine implements, causing silent fallbacks and misleading warnings, along with fixes to map placeholders and expose only valid engine options.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107664: \[Bug\]: Context management engine select offers "default"/"custom" — no engine implements them, the choice silently falls back and logs a bogus "not found" warning

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#107675: fix(config): map context.engine placeholders to compressor and discover plugins**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/constants.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/helpers.test.ts`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/dashboard_ui.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_context_engine_select_placeholders.py`
- **#107679: fix: expose valid context engine options**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#107675`

## Fix status

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