# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Missing config key for plugin scan on install

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #135032: \[Bug\] plugins.scan_on_install config key referenced in scanner error but does not exist
- PR #135045: fix(config): register the existing plugin scan default
- PR #135052: fix(plugins): declare plugins.scan_on_install in the config schema

A bug was identified where the \`plugins.scan_on_install\` configuration key was referenced in scanner error messages but not declared in the config schema or registered with a default. The subsequent fixes address both the schema declaration and default registration for this setting.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135032: \[Bug\] plugins.scan_on_install config key referenced in scanner error but does not exist

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135045: fix(config): register the existing plugin scan default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_scan_config.py`
- **#135052: fix(plugins): declare plugins.scan_on_install in the config schema**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#135045`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`

## Fix status

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