# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry and surface platform plugin load failures

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a scenario where a platform plugin encounters a loading failure and the gateway permanently disables it with no retry or user-visible alert. The work involves detecting the failure, flagging the platform, and recovering it once the plugin registers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133289. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133289 (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-130613`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #126356: \[Bug\]: Failed plugin load permanently disables a platform — no retry, no alert (Telegram dead 49h after unclean reboot)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130613: Gateway flags an enabled platform whose plugin failed to load and brings it back once the plugin registers (#126356, salvage #126367 #126749)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `tests/gateway/test_runner_startup_failures.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_failed_platform_reports_degraded.py`
- **#133289: Gateway brings back a platform whose plugin failed to load at startup, without a restart (#126356, salvage #126749 #130400)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/26277217+zengzheqing@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_reconnect.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deferred_platform_client_tools.py`
- **#130400: fix(gateway): retry and surface failed platform plugin loads (#126356)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `90446a3438`, `#133289`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133289 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.