# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exact pins need exclude-newer exemption in packaging

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where exact dependency pins lack an exemption from the exclude-newer constraint, which can break updates after a release. The work involves identifying affected pins, applying exemptions, and adding tests to enforce the invariant.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #137110. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #137110 (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-137110`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #130836: \[Bug\]: Exact pins without an exclude-newer exemption can brick hermes update after a release

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137110: Plugin installs work on any package mirror: release age is checked when Hermes locks (3 days), not on users' machines (#135589)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `plugin-catalog/README.md`, `pm/AGENTS.md`, `pm/environment.py`, `pm/workspace.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/pm/test_workspace.py`, `tests/pm/test_workspace_build_inputs.py`, `tests/test_packaging_metadata.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/plugins/catalog-submission.md`, `website/docs/developer-guide/plugins/index.md`, `website/docs/reference/package-management.md`
- **#137159: Core-only installs and hermes update work again on mirrors without upload times (regression from #137110)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `pm/workspace.py`, `tests/pm/test_workspace.py`
- **#130838: fix(deps): exempt every exact pin from exclude-newer and guard the invariant**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `37725f24f9`, `#137110`
- **#132300: fix(packaging): exempt 7 exact pins from exclude-newer and enforce with tests (fixes #130836)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `37725f24f9`, `9f63a6fe5c`, `#137110`, `#137159`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #137110 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`