# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Profile clone memory provider config handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where cloning a profile copies the memory.provider setting but not the provider's configuration directory, causing silent failures. The work addresses how memory provider config dirs are handled during light and full clone operations.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120137. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120137 (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-120137`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #120115: profile create --clone copies memory.provider but not the provider's config dir (hindsight/) — clone auto-installs the plugin then reports 'not available' silently

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120137: profile --clone keeps the active memory provider's config (#120115, supersedes #43107)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/profile_memory_config.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`
- **#120135: fix(profiles): drop memory.provider when --clone skips its state directory**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120137`
- **#120142: fix(profiles): clone memory provider config dir on light clone**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120115`, `#120137`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120137 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.