# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Preserving memory provider when plugin manager evicts plugins

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the plugin manager (pm) and the memory provider setting: one issue reports that pm sync clears memory.provider when evicting a plugin after a dependency fetch fails on a TLS error, and a related fix title and an update title describe keeping the provider during eviction or plugin disabling. The titles suggest a shared theme, but their status and outcomes are not stated.

## 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 #144257. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #144257 (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-144257`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129198: \[Bug\]: pm sync silently clears memory.provider when it evicts a plugin whose dependency fetch failed on a host TLS error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#144257: An update that turns a plugin off keeps your memory provider and turns the plugin back on once it fits (#131216, #129198, #125919)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/agent_init_memory_provider.py`, `agent/reasoning_params.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_admission.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `pm/plugin_eviction.py`, `pm/plugins_state.py`, `pm/publication.py`, `pm/workspace.py`, `tests/agent/test_config_load_warning.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider_unavailable_warning.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugin_survival_contract.py`, `website/docs/getting-started/updating.md`
- **#129201: fix(pm): preserve explicit memory provider during plugin eviction**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1d258cc6c23`, `#144257`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #144257 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`