# NousResearch/hermes-agent · YAML list indentation inconsistency across config serializers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Members concern inconsistent YAML list indentation among multiple config writers/serializers, with one issue describing config corruption and a Gateway crash. Two members are identically titled changes (#31999) aiming to unify the indent; their outcome is not established by the titles alone.

## 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 #52386. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #52386 (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-52386`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #31999: YAML serialization inconsistency across 3 serializers causes config corruption and Gateway crash

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52386: fix(utils): unify YAML list indent across all config writers (#31999)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `tests/test_yaml_indent_consistency_31999.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `utils.py`
- **#32034: fix(utils): unify YAML list indent across all config writers (#31999)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0aea0c36544479305c31813bd3db62b8a1c1374c`, `#52386`, `#32034`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #52386 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-25`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`