NousResearch/hermes-agent

Memory provider workers context and secret binding

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #109563 on 13 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where OpenViking background worker threads start without the correct context, causing secret resolution failures and broken memory writes under multiplexed profiles. The work involves refactoring memory providers to spawn context-bound threads and surface secret errors loudly.

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  • #109563 refactor(plugins): memory providers spawn context-bound threads and use core config/JSON writers; secret shims fail loud; HERMES_HOME and model-provider thinking/fetch_models copies collapse

    merged to main

    files: agent/azure_identity_adapter.py, agent/memory_manager.py, agent/memory_provider.py, agent/reasoning_effort.py, hermes_cli/models.py, plugins/memory/byterover/__init__.py, plugins/memory/hindsight/__init__.py, plugins/memory/holographic/__init__.py, plugins/memory/honcho/__init__.py, plugins/memory/honcho/cli.py, plugins/memory/honcho/client.py, plugins/memory/honcho/dialectic.py, plugins/memory/honcho/oauth.py, plugins/memory/honcho/recall_sync.py, plugins/memory/honcho/session.py, plugins/memory/mem0/__init__.py, plugins/memory/mem0/_oss_providers.py, plugins/memory/mem0/_setup.py, plugins/memory/openviking/__init__.py, plugins/memory/retaindb/__init__.py (+32 more)

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From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #108996 fix(memory/openviking): run background workers in the spawner's context · done elsewhere → #109563
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#108995[Bug]: OpenViking background workers start with an empty Context, so a multiplexed secondary profile's memory writes die on UnscopedSecretError
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13 Sep 2026

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