# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin hub catalog requests blocking event loop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the dashboard plugins hub endpoint blocks the event loop by making synchronous catalog HTTPS requests for each installed plugin, and related fixes to batch or offload that work.

## 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 #114811. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114811 (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-114811`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113677: \[Bug\]: dashboard /api/dashboard/plugins/hub blocks the event loop for 90-300s - one synchronous catalog HTTPS request per installed plugin

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114811: fix(plugins): plugin listings stop paying one catalog timeout per installed plugin; hub rebuild leaves the event loop (#113677, #114106, salvage #113687, #113682)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugin_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/dashboard_ui.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_hub_live_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_hub_perf_guard.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugin-catalog.md`
- **#113682: fix(dashboard): offload plugins hub rebuild**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f971bbf51298`, `#114811`, `#113677`, `#114106`, `#113687`, `#113682`
- **#113687: fix(dashboard): one kill-list resolution per plugins-hub rebuild**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f971bbf51298`, `#114811`, `#113677`, `#114106`, `#113687`, `#113682`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114811 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.