# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config warnings for memory settings and profile traps

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #32624: \[Bug/UX\] Three config semantic traps for users debugging memory / multi-profile: silent failure of memory_enabled, profile config override, and per-profile log paths
- PR #50076: fix(config): warn on memory_enabled/provider mismatch + show resolved config path at startup

These items address silent or confusing behavior in memory-related configuration, including mismatches between memory_enabled and provider settings, and UX pitfalls around profile config overrides and log paths. The work involves adding warnings and surfacing active config paths to help users debug these scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #32624: \[Bug/UX\] Three config semantic traps for users debugging memory / multi-profile: silent failure of memory_enabled, profile config override, and per-profile log paths

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32816: fix(config): warn when memory.provider is set alongside memory_enabled=false**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#50076: fix(config): warn on memory_enabled/provider mismatch + show resolved config path at startup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `2bb531b67a`
  - files: `gateway/run_startup.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_validation.py`

## Fix status

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