# NousResearch/hermes-agent · A2A tools config path read from wrong layer

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #109011: \[Bug\]: A2A client tools stay gated off with the documented \`gateway.platforms.a2a.enabled\` config — \`_a2a_tools_available()\` reads the wrong config layer
- PR #109022: fix(a2a): honor documented nested platform config
- PR #130359: fix(a2a): read the inbound platform from every config layer

A bug where \`_a2a_tools_available()\` reads the wrong configuration layer, causing A2A client tools to remain disabled despite the documented \`gateway.platforms.a2a.enabled\` setting. The accompanying fixes address reading the nested platform config correctly across all config layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109011: \[Bug\]: A2A client tools stay gated off with the documented \`gateway.platforms.a2a.enabled\` config — \`_a2a_tools_available()\` reads the wrong config layer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109022: fix(a2a): honor documented nested platform config**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_tools_gate.py`
- **#130359: fix(a2a): read the inbound platform from every config layer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#109011`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/a2a/tools.py`, `tests/plugins/test_a2a_tools_gate.py`

## Fix status

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