# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Image generation check triggering lazy installs and store copying

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138544: \[Bug\]: image_generate check_fn lazy-installs \`fal\` at session start, and the PM snapshot copies the 1.4 GB tool store into HERMES_HOME (Docker) — volume fills, running turns die
- PR #138549: fix(pm): prevent image checks from copying runtime store
- PR #138571: fix(pm): avoid lazy installs and runtime store snapshot copies

These members describe a shared problem where the image_generate check appears to lazy-install \`fal\` at session start, and the package manager snapshot reportedly copies a roughly 1.4 GB tool store into HERMES_HOME in Docker. The two fix-titled pull requests aim to avoid lazy installs and runtime store copies; the bug report cites volume filling and interrupted turns.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138544: \[Bug\]: image_generate check_fn lazy-installs \`fal\` at session start, and the PM snapshot copies the 1.4 GB tool store into HERMES_HOME (Docker) — volume fills, running turns die

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138549: fix(pm): prevent image checks from copying runtime store**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `f931de5b3728886c41438da588d09ff544d70b65`
  - files: `pm/workspace.py`, `tests/pm/test_workspace_build_inputs.py`, `tests/tools/test_image_generation_plugin_dispatch.py`, `tools/image_generation_tool.py`
- **#138571: fix(pm): avoid lazy installs and runtime store snapshot copies**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#138549`
  - files: `pm/workspace.py`, `tools/image_generation_tool.py`

## Fix status

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