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Hindsight embedded profile env persistence bugs

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #119888. Check it covers your case.

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Multiple issues and fixes around the embedded Hindsight daemon failing to correctly persist or re-read configuration values—including database URL, embedding provider credentials, and operation-specific timeouts—into the profile environment. A recurring theme is stale config being used when the daemon respawns or the client is recreated.

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  • #119888 hindsight moves to the plugin catalog (auto-migrated on first start / hermes update)

    merged to main

    files: .github/workflows/tests-os.yml, .github/workflows/tests.yml, COMPAT_MANIFEST.md, CONTRIBUTING.es.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, Dockerfile, compat_manifest.json, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, hermes_cli/memory_setup.py, hermes_cli/subcommands/memory.py, hermes_cli/tips.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py, nix/checks.nix, nix/hermes-agent.nix, nix/moduleCommon.nix, nix/packages.nix, plugins/AGENTS.md, plugins/memory/__init__.py, plugins/memory/hindsight/README.md (+30 more)

4 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · closed without comment 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #21830 fix(hindsight): persist HINDSIGHT_EMBED_API_DATABASE_URL into embedded profile env · superseded by another PR → #68479
  • #44805 fix(hindsight): re-read on-disk config when recreating the embedded client · closed without comment
  • #68479 fix(hindsight): persist HINDSIGHT_EMBED_API_DATABASE_URL into embedded profile env · done elsewhere → 9d799e0, 4cbf862, dc75038, #119888, #21830
  • #110804 fix(hindsight): re-read on-disk config when recreating the embedded client · done elsewhere → 9d799e0, 4cbf862, dc75038, #119888, #44805, #44804
Closed issues · 4
  • Closed#21809Hindsight local_embedded profile env does not persist HINDSIGHT_EMBED_API_DATABASE_URL override
  • Closed#34365`memory/hindsight`: embedded daemon env drops `HINDSIGHT_API_EMBEDDINGS_*` / provider-auth vars, so non-default embedding providers cannot be configured
  • Closed#44804Hindsight embedded: daemon respawn re-materializes profile .env from stale initialize()-time config
  • Closed#67036Feature: persist embedded Hindsight operation-specific timeouts in config.json
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4 PRs closed without merging
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23 Sep 2026

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