# NousResearch/hermes-agent · venv repair preserving memory-provider packages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the virtual environment repair process fails to maintain or reinstall the active memory provider's dependencies. The fixes target the specific repair code paths to ensure memory-provider bridge packages are kept intact.

## 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 #114805. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114805 (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-114805`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113741: venv repair path skips memory-provider dependency refresh

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114805: fix(update): venv repair keeps the active memory provider's packages installed (#113741, salvage #113747)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cmd_update.py`
- **#113747: fix(cli): heal memory-provider bridge packages on every venv repair path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6c16233b0a27`, `#114805`, `#113741`, `#113747`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114805 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.