# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin discovery errors log visibility improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address plugin discovery failures being silently swallowed at DEBUG level, with proposed fixes to raise them to WARNING and ensure relevant log components are captured in gateway logs.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #28318. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28318 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-28318`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #28137: Bug: discover_plugins() exceptions silently swallowed at DEBUG in gateway and CLI startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28236: fix(logging): include hermes_plugins.* in gateway.log component filter**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#28196`, `#28138`, `#28193`, `#28137`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#28318: fix(plugins): raise plugin discovery failures to WARNING level (#28193)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`
  - fix hunks:
  - `gateway/run.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@ async def start(self) -> bool:
                 from hermes_cli.plugins import discover_plugins
                 discover_plugins()
             except Exception:
    -            logger.debug(
    +            logger.warning(
                     "plugin discovery failed at gateway startup", exc_info=True,
                 )
     
    ```
  - `hermes_cli/main.py`

    ```diff
    @@ -12672,7 +12672,7 @@ def cmd_acp(args):
     
                 discover_plugins()
             except Exception:
    -            logger.debug(
    +            logger.warning(
                     "plugin discovery failed at CLI startup",
                     exc_info=True,
                 )
    ```
- **#28193: fix: elevate plugin discovery failures from debug to warning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `4e9df52d600c81314dc3b027572706aae56be2ef`, `#28318`
- **#28235: fix(plugins): raise plugin discovery failures to WARNING level**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#28193`, `#28193`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28318 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.