# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add provides_middleware as known manifest field

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #131257: loader warns "unknown manifest field: provides_middleware" on every plugin discovery, though hermes plugins validate checks that exact key
- PR #131258: fix(plugins): accept provides_middleware in the manifest known-field set

These items address a warning triggered during plugin discovery when the manifest loader does not recognize the provides_middleware key, despite it being a valid field. The fix adds provides_middleware to the accepted set of known manifest fields.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #131257: loader warns "unknown manifest field: provides_middleware" on every plugin discovery, though hermes plugins validate checks that exact key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#131258: fix(plugins): accept provides_middleware in the manifest known-field set**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py`
- **#131274: fix(plugins): recognize provides_middleware in manifest loader (#131257)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#131258`

## Fix status

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