# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Messaging toolset removal and stale config cleanup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #52382: \[Bug\]: "Unknown toolsets: messaging" warning on every start — PR #47856 removed the messaging toolset but no config migration prunes the stale name
- PR #54900: fix(config): prune stale persisted toolsets
- PR #58316: fix: prune stale toolsets during config migration

These issues and PRs concern the 'messaging' toolset being removed or missing, and the resulting stale toolset names persisting in user configs without a migration to prune them. Work spans restoring, retiring, and cleaning up the toolset across CLI and config handling.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #52382: \[Bug\]: "Unknown toolsets: messaging" warning on every start — PR #47856 removed the messaging toolset but no config migration prunes the stale name

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52391: fix(config): prune removed 'messaging' toolset from user configs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#52385`, `#47856`, `#52382`
- **#52537: fix(cli): prune retired messaging toolset from config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#52385`, `#52382`
- **#54900: fix(config): prune stale persisted toolsets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#52385`, `#52382`, `#52391`, `#52537`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`
- **#58316: fix: prune stale toolsets during config migration**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#52385`, `#52382`, `#54900`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`

## Fix status

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