# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Guard lazy dependency installs in live venv

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #119364: lazy_deps installs into the running process's own venv with no guard: uv pip install uninstalls the existing copy under a live process

These issues and PRs concern a risk where lazy dependency installation runs inside the active process's own virtual environment, potentially disrupting live packages. The work involves adding guards to prevent or refuse such installs in that context.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #119364: lazy_deps installs into the running process's own venv with no guard: uv pip install uninstalls the existing copy under a live process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119372: fix(tools): guard lazy installs in live venv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#119364`
- **#127416: fix(tools): refuse lazy installs into the live venv**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`