# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Lazy import of STEER_CHANNEL_NOTE for delegate_task ImportError

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members center on an ImportError for STEER_CHANNEL_NOTE seen in delegate_task or subagent use. One is an issue report and the others are pull requests that propose lazily importing or resolving that note. The titles do not show whether any change was merged or fixed the problem.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #41986: delegate_task fails with ImportError: cannot import STEER_CHANNEL_NOTE

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#42031: fix(agent): lazy-import STEER_CHANNEL_NOTE to fix delegate_task ImportError (#41986)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#41935`, `#41982`, `#41986`, `#41872`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#42716: fix(delegate): lazy-import STEER_CHANNEL_NOTE to avoid subagent import race**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `95968257f`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#42027: fix(agent): lazily resolve steer prompt note**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `95968257f`, `#41986`

## Fix status

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