# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Backend probe import and tool export fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a missing or incorrectly imported environment factory used in backend probes, and a related runtime bug where the tool loader unexpectedly collapses to a limited toolset. The fixes address the export and import of the environment factory to restore correct probe and tool-loading behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-54120`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #53667: \[Bug\]: Tool loader collapses to cronjob-only at runtime despite doctor reporting all toolsets available (v0.17.0)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53680: fix(tools): export environment factory for backend probes**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `aa50c1ba5d277c97f78f27f38f0075c09ce9298c`, `#53667`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#54120: fix(prompt): repair backend probe import (get_environment never existed)**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`

## Fix status

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