# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Relax setuptools pin for torch compatibility

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a dependency conflict where torch caps setuptools below 82, making a pinned setuptools==82.0.1 unsatisfiable. The proposed fix is to relax the setuptools pin to allow versions up to 81.x.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #46744. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #46744 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #44692: \[Bug\]: dev extra's setuptools==82.0.1 pin is unsatisfiable alongside torch (setuptools<82 cap)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46744: fix(deps): declare websockets as core dep + relax dev setuptools pin (salvage #45486, #44693)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `pyproject.toml`, `scripts/release.py`, `tools/browser_cdp_tool.py`
- **#44693: fix(deps): relax dev setuptools pin to 81.0.0 (torch caps setuptools<82)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0bbff1fc7`, `#46744`
- **#44764: fix(deps): relax setuptools pin to 81.0.0 for torch compatibility (#44692)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#44693`, `#44692`
- **#44869: fix(deps): relax setuptools pin to 81.0.0 for torch compat**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0bbff1fc7`, `#46744`, `#44693`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #46744 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-06-15`.
- Subsystem: `environments`