# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix unreachable CalVer requires_hermes floor validation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130656: validate_plugin_catalog and plugins validate both admit a requires_hermes floor no Hermes release can satisfy (live entry: hermes-rich-ui)
- PR #130665: fix(plugins): reject unreachable CalVer requirements
- PR #130684: fix(plugins): stop advising hermes update for a CalVer requires_hermes floor

These items address a bug where plugin validation incorrectly flags or advises updates for a \`requires_hermes\` floor value that no Hermes CalVer release can ever satisfy. The fix stops the validator from treating such unreachable requirements as actionable.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130656: validate_plugin_catalog and plugins validate both admit a requires_hermes floor no Hermes release can satisfy (live entry: hermes-rich-ui)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130665: fix(plugins): reject unreachable CalVer requirements**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f3f2dcc3035`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugin_validate.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `scripts/validate_plugin_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py`, `tests/scripts/test_validate_plugin_catalog.py`
- **#130684: fix(plugins): stop advising hermes update for a CalVer requires_hermes floor**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_install.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_install_manifest_version.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py`

## Fix status

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