# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Startup performance and plugin loading improvements

## Open now

- 2 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #41558: Desktop startup is too slow — initial conversation takes 7–10 seconds to respond
- #52284: perf: unconditional import of all 43 bundled plugins causes 15-30s startup delay on Windows
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These issues and PRs address slow startup times caused by eagerly loading plugins and platform adapters. Proposed approaches include lazy-loading, opt-in plugin activation, and restructuring bundled plugin behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.29`: 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

- #41558: Desktop startup is too slow — initial conversation takes 7–10 seconds to respond
- #52284: perf: unconditional import of all 43 bundled plugins causes 15-30s startup delay on Windows

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #48793: Startup perf/UX: bundled Teams/Discord platform plugins should be first-level opt-in

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105723: perf: unconditional import of all 43 bundled plugins causes 15-30s startup delay on Windows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `743ee72596e7`

## Fix status

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