# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Warn on invalid or unrecognized memory provider config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #47650: Bug: memory.provider accepts non-memory-provider values silently (e.g. LLM provider name)
- PR #47657: fix(agent): warn when memory.provider is unrecognized or unavailable
- PR #47700: fix(agent): warn when memory.provider is misconfigured

These items address a bug where misconfigured or invalid memory.provider values were silently accepted or logged only at DEBUG level. The work adds visible warnings when the memory provider is unrecognized or unavailable.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #47650: Bug: memory.provider accepts non-memory-provider values silently (e.g. LLM provider name)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#47657: fix(agent): warn when memory.provider is unrecognized or unavailable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_memory_provider_init.py`
- **#47670: fix(memory): surface provider misconfiguration at WARNING instead of silent DEBUG**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c06510ac0`
- **#47700: fix(agent): warn when memory.provider is misconfigured**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`

## Fix status

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