# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lazy MCP servers wrongly shown as errors or misconfigured

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Lazy MCP servers were being reported with incorrect status — appearing as \`'configured'\` or \`'failed'\` with red banners and spurious warnings — despite their tools functioning correctly. These changes correct the status reporting to accurately reflect the lazy registration state.

## 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 #112324. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #112324 (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-112324`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #111717: \[Bug\]: lazy MCP servers are reported as "configured"/failed — red banner, "zero connected servers" warning and a discovery retry on every startup while their tools are registered and working

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#112324: fix(mcp): lazy MCP servers show as lazy (not failed) in status, banner and startup discovery (#111717, slim redo of #100648)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_startup.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_lazy_start.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_discovery.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `ui-tui/src/components/branding.tsx`, `ui-tui/src/types.ts`, `website/docs/reference/mcp-config-reference.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/mcp.md`
- **#100648: fix(mcp): report lazily registered servers as lazy, not configured or failed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fff10484d6`, `#112324`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #112324 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.