# NousResearch/hermes-agent · doctor and package-manager reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the doctor tool's ability to detect broken or drifted web surface dependencies, and in the package manager's handling of features, dependencies, and diagnostics during updates.

## 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 #126172. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126172 (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-126172`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124214: \[doctor\] web-extra dependency drift is invisible: dashboard dies at import (Router.__init__ 'on_startup') and doctor reports no issue

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126172: fix(pm): package-manager installs keep features, deps and diagnostics across updates (salvage #124060, #124246, #124446, #124656)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_platform.py`, `hermes_cli/main_install_repair.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `pm/cli.py`, `pm/environment.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `pm/index_config.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/handoff/_handoff.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/hosts/test_permissions.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/network/test_mirrors.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_configured_features.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_interpreter_hygiene.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_stamps_and_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_web_dashboard_import.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_missing_configured_deps.py`, `tests/pm/test_environment_build.py`, `tests/pm/test_install_state_permissions.py` (+2 more)
- **#124235: fix(doctor): surface a broken web surface — import failure and web-extra pin drift (#124214)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126172`, `#124214`
- **#124246: fix(doctor): report a dashboard web surface that dies at import**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#126172`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126172 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.