# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin publication path validation with symlinks/junctions

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #134952: \`plugin publication paths escape or overlap their home\` when \`$HERMES_HOME/plugins\` is a symlink or Windows junction
- PR #134959: fix(pm): publish plugins into a symlinked or junctioned plugins directory

These items address a bug where plugin publication containment checks fail when the plugins directory is a symlink or Windows junction. The fixes involve resolving paths before validating that published plugins remain within their designated root.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134952: \`plugin publication paths escape or overlap their home\` when \`$HERMES_HOME/plugins\` is a symlink or Windows junction

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134959: fix(pm): publish plugins into a symlinked or junctioned plugins directory**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `04b8785e8e`
  - files: `hermes_cli/runtime_state.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `pm/publication.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugin_publication_relocated_plugins.py`
- **#134962: fix(pm): judge plugin publication containment against the resolved plugins root**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#134959`

## Fix status

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