# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale module cache breaks config migration on update

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #111286: fix(update): reload the cached tools_config before post-pull migrations

These items concern a bug where cached module state causes config migration to fail during the update process, and fixes to reload tools_config before running post-pull migrations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111407. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111407 (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-111407`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #111271: bug(update): config migration fails inside \`hermes update\` — "cannot import name _configurable_keys from hermes_cli.tools_config" (stale modules), config stays behind and update exits 1

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111407: fix(update): post-pull config migration no longer dies on a stale cached module (#111271, salvage #111286)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_migration_on_current_checkout.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_reload_tools_config.py`
- **#111286: fix(update): reload the cached tools_config before post-pull migrations**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `91a3ab4c85`, `94ced1a2b2`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_migrations.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_migration_step_version_bump.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_config_reload_tools_config.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111407 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`