# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin discovery timeout and hang prevention

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address unbounded blocking in plugin discovery and import/register calls, adding deadlines or bounds so a slow or hung plugin cannot stall startup or other call sites indefinitely.

## 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 #118915. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118915 (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-118915`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #108139: \[Bug\]: discover_plugins() has no bounded timeout on MCP-backed plugins, blocks ACP session/new (and 30+ other call sites) indefinitely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118915: Plugin loader: a hung import/register() is skipped after a short deadline instead of hanging startup (#108139)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#108144: fix(plugins): bound background discovery handoff**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `9863e315f1fe1dab65f279b77eeb70b8de1fc8c4`, `#118915`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118915 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.