# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Doctor falsely reports healthy when entries blocked

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #121753: doctor: USER.md/MEMORY.md reported healthy when threat scan blocks entries
- PR #121765: fix(cli): warn when doctor's memory-file check hides threat-blocked entries
- PR #121767: fix(doctor): flag memory entries missing from the prompt instead of reporting healthy

These issues and fixes address a bug where the doctor command incorrectly reports memory files as healthy even when threat scanning has blocked entries from appearing in the prompt. The changes add warnings to surface hidden or missing entries rather than silently masking the problem.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121753: doctor: USER.md/MEMORY.md reported healthy when threat scan blocks entries

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121765: fix(cli): warn when doctor's memory-file check hides threat-blocked entries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor.py`
- **#121767: fix(doctor): flag memory entries missing from the prompt instead of reporting healthy**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_memory_health.py`

## Fix status

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