# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bundled plugin imports slow startup; opt-in proposed

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52284: perf: unconditional import of all 43 bundled plugins causes 15-30s startup delay on Windows

Members report that importing all 43 bundled plugins unconditionally is associated with a 15-30 second startup delay on Windows (two members share the same title). A third member proposes making bundled Teams/Discord platform plugins first-level opt-in, which appears related to the same startup concern.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #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`