# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin backend-to-desktop public event bridge

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern adding a public event bridge allowing plugin backends to push events to their desktop counterparts, including API design, broadcast mechanics, and related lint adjustments.

## 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 #120918. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120918 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116638: \[Feature\]: plugin SDK — public backend→desktop event bridge (wishlist item 8)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120918: Plugin backends push events to their Desktop half via broadcast_plugin_event; desktop lint stops flagging RegExp script sanitisers (#116305 items 8+10, salvage #116419)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugin_events.py`, `hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_events.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host.py`, `tui_gateway/compute_host_bridge.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/desktop-plugin-sdk.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugin-catalog.md`
- **#116419: feat(plugins): public event bridge for plugin backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `be59f0411e`, `#120918`, `#116305`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120918 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.