# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory provider load failure detection and reporting

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130072: \[Bug\]: \`hermes memory status\` reports "NOT installed" when the memory provider plugin exists but fails to load
- PR #130081: fix(memory): distinguish provider load failures
- PR #130085: fix(cli): report present-but-unloadable memory providers as LOAD FAILED in status

These items address a bug where a memory provider plugin that exists but fails to load is incorrectly reported as 'NOT installed' rather than indicating a load failure. The fixes aim to distinguish between missing providers and present-but-unloadable ones in status output.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #130072: \[Bug\]: \`hermes memory status\` reports "NOT installed" when the memory provider plugin exists but fails to load

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130081: fix(memory): distinguish provider load failures**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#130072`, `#130072`
  - files: `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_setup.py`
- **#130085: fix(cli): report present-but-unloadable memory providers as LOAD FAILED in status**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5280af4ab0`
  - files: `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_status_load_failed.py`

## Fix status

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