# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Register tools.tool_search.defer in DEFAULT_CONFIG

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple issues and PRs address that the \`tools.tool_search.defer\` configuration key is read at runtime but absent from DEFAULT_CONFIG, with related concerns about validation behavior and documentation accuracy.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116706. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116706 (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-116706`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #116404: \`tools.tool_search.defer\` is read at runtime but missing from DEFAULT_CONFIG (docs also say built-in tools never defer)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116706: fix(config): tools.tool_search.defer is a recognized key with a documented curated default; a scalar value warns instead of being ignored (#116404, salvage #116418, #116439)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`, `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md`
- **#116405: fix(tool_search): register tools.tool_search.defer in DEFAULT_CONFIG**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#116404`, `#96715`, `#116406`
- **#116418: fix(cli): register tools.tool_search.defer in DEFAULT_CONFIG**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ea25a615a95e`, `#116706`, `#116404`, `#116418`, `#116439`
- **#116439: fix(config): register and document tool search deferrals**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `ea25a615a95e`, `#116706`, `#116404`, `#116418`, `#116439`
- **#116488: fix(config): register tools.tool_search.defer in DEFAULT_CONFIG (single source of truth)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#116439`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116706 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.