# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Repair missing certifi CA bundle after updates

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a problem where upgrading (e.g. via brew) leaves certifi's cacert.pem missing in the virtual environment, breaking SSL for multiple services. The proposed fixes involve detecting and restoring the missing CA bundle through existing repair infrastructure.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71010. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71010 (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-71010`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #29866: brew upgrade breaks certifi (cacert.pem missing in venv) - Feishu/Telegram/WeChat all fail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71010: fix(ssl): detect and repair a missing certifi cacert.pem via existing venv-repair infra**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/ssl_guard.py`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_certifi_repair.py`
- **#68389: fix(update): repair missing certifi CA bundles after updates**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71010`, `#29866`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71010 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`