# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Race conditions in lazy Google module loading initialization

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #24673: concurrency: _load_google_modules() TOCTOU — _google_modules_loaded set before imports complete

The members concern a time-of-check/time-of-use concurrency problem in lazy dependency loading, mostly around \`_load_google_modules()\` in the Google Chat integration, where a loaded flag appears to be set before imports finish. One member is broader, covering lazy module resolvers in core. The proposed approaches include serialization and double-checked locking.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #24673: concurrency: _load_google_modules() TOCTOU — _google_modules_loaded set before imports complete

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24772: fix(core): close TOCTOU race windows in lazy module resolvers**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24671`, `#24669`, `#24692`, `#24687`, `#24694`, `#24679`, `#24673`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#24679: fix(google_chat): double-checked locking for _load_google_modules() TOCTOU**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#128340: fix(google-chat): serialize lazy dependency initialization**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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