# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop-only plugins logging load-error warnings on startup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #132741: \[Bug\]: desktop-only plugins log "Failed to load plugin <name>: No __init__.py" on every start (58 warnings/24h for 3 plugins)
- PR #132748: fix(plugins): load desktop-only directory plugins clean instead of warning
- PR #137753: fix(plugins): stop reporting desktop-only plugins as failed loads (salvage kokhlo)

The members share one theme: desktop-only directory plugins reportedly trigger a \`Failed to load plugin ... No __init__.py\` warning on each start. Two pull requests appear to address this by loading such plugins without a warning or a load-error report; their outcome is not established here.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132741: \[Bug\]: desktop-only plugins log "Failed to load plugin <name>: No __init__.py" on every start (58 warnings/24h for 3 plugins)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132748: fix(plugins): load desktop-only directory plugins clean instead of warning**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `216edc8153`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_desktop_only.py`
- **#137753: fix(plugins): stop reporting desktop-only plugins as failed loads (salvage kokhlo)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a091533007`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_desktop_only.py`

## Fix status

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