# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile listing YAML parsing performance improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address repeated YAML file re-parsing during roster polling, with proposed changes to cache or skip re-reads when profile files have not changed.

## 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 #117601. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117601 (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-117601`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117378: \[Perf\]: list_profiles re-parses three YAML files per profile on every roster poll, including the 119KB installer template

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117601: perf(profiles): the 5s roster poll reuses each profile's session and YAML-derived fields while their files have not moved (#117257 #117383 #117378, salvage #117258 #117380)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_listing_cache.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_list_session_field_cache.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_profiles_list_ui_meta_cache.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_profiles.py`, `tui_gateway/profile_roster_cache.py`
- **#117380: perf(profiles): the listing re-reads a profile's YAML only when that file has changed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#117601`, `#117258`, `#117378`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117601 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.