# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix unsafe plugin/memory Python file execution

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #38674: \[Bug\]: Blindly executes all \`.py\` files & Incomplete exception catching
- PR #38702: fix(plugins): avoid unsafe memory provider submodule imports (#38674)
- PR #39162: fix(memory): don't blindly exec *.py in provider dirs; reraise SystemExit

These items address a bug where all .py files in provider directories are blindly executed, along with incomplete exception handling. Fixes focus on preventing unsafe imports and ensuring SystemExit is properly reraised.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #38674: \[Bug\]: Blindly executes all \`.py\` files & Incomplete exception catching

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38702: fix(plugins): avoid unsafe memory provider submodule imports (#38674)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#38674`
  - files: `plugins/context_engine/__init__.py`, `plugins/cron_providers/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/plugins/test_provider_entrypoint_safety.py`
- **#39162: fix(memory): don't blindly exec *.py in provider dirs; reraise SystemExit**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#38674`
  - files: `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_upstream_remote.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_submodule_safety.py`, `tests/tools/test_cronjob_tools.py`, `tools/cronjob_tools.py`

## Fix status

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