# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PM runtime marker missing or incomplete bug fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #129301: \[Bug\]: PM runtime initialization fails with 'packaged PM runtime is missing or invalid' — blocks setup, activate, and all PM operations
- PR #129306: fix(pm): publish complete runtime marker

A bug where the packaged PM runtime marker is missing or invalid blocks setup and activation. Two fixes address writing the complete runtime marker during preparation.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #129301: \[Bug\]: PM runtime initialization fails with 'packaged PM runtime is missing or invalid' — blocks setup, activate, and all PM operations

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129306: fix(pm): publish complete runtime marker**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1d8f5d0fbf5c6f7560d78450d8f04cf3e786e839`
  - files: `pm/runtime.py`, `tests/pm/test_runtime.py`
- **#129432: fix(pm): write complete pm-runtime marker in prepare_runtime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129306`
- **#132569: fix(pm): write full pm-runtime.json marker so resident runtime resolves (fixes #129301)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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