# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin guard critical-finding scan and exclusion fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address how the plugin guard identifies and handles critical findings during install checks, including blocking behavior and the exclusion of test trees from scans.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #110218. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110218 (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-110218`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #109391: plugin_guard: one CRITICAL finding in a plugin's test suite blocks install outright (tests/docs not excluded, no per-finding waiver)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110218: plugin_guard: test trees no longer force a DANGEROUS verdict; block reason names the critical rule (#93927, #109391, salvage #89613 #109420)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_plugin_guard.py`, `tests/tools/test_plugin_guard_block_reason.py`, `tools/plugin_guard.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#109395: fix(plugin): exclude test trees from guard scans**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#89613`, `#109391`, `#89610`
- **#109420: fix(plugin): identify critical findings in install blocks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1e76efbe28ef`, `#110218`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110218 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.