# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Git clone timeout fix for slow plugin installs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where plugin installation from repository subfolders used a hard-coded 60-second git clone timeout, causing failures on slow connections, inconsistent with the 300-second timeout used by hermes update. Work here addresses extending and making that timeout configurable.

## 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 #120915. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120915 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #121027: \[Bug\]: plugin install / memory-provider migration fails on slow connections — hard-coded 60s git timeout on clone (inconsistent with \`hermes update\`'s 300s)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120915: Plugin installs from a repo subfolder no longer time out on slow connections; clone timeout configurable**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-plugin-install.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-plugin-install.ts`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_install_ref.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#121031: fix(plugins): extend network git timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120915`
- **#121037: fix(plugins): align network git timeout with hermes update + make it configurable (#121027)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#120915`, `#121027`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120915 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.