# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Verify real imports after lazy dependency install

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #44403: fix(lazy-deps): ensure() should verify real import after install, not just metadata

These items address a fix to the lazy-deps ensure() function, changing it to verify that a package can actually be imported after installation rather than relying solely on metadata checks.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #44403: fix(lazy-deps): ensure() should verify real import after install, not just metadata

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44417: fix(lazy-deps): add import smoke test in ensure() after metadata verification**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44445`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#44445: fix(lazy-deps): verify real import names after install, not just metadata**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3d12e86ef1`, `6a5a6a05d2`

## Fix status

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