# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lazy dependency installer triggering updater instead of installing

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where calling the lazy dependency installer caused it to run the updater and exit rather than performing the intended installation, leaving dependent plugin callers in a broken state. The members include the bug report and related fix attempts addressing this misbehavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #127672. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #127672 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #126494: tools.lazy_deps.install_specs runs the updater and exits instead of installing: plugin callers loop and leave hermes-gateway dead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127672: fix(deps): runtime lazy installer calls no longer start update takeovers (#122326, salvage #122341)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_old_updater.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_old_updater_shims.py`, `tests/tools/test_lazy_deps_runtime.py`, `tools/lazy_deps.py`
- **#126579: fix(tools): install_specs raises instead of running the updater**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `af26acab73`, `#127672`, `#126494`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #127672 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-29`.