# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin uninstall leaves stale config entries

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a bug where uninstalling a plugin does not properly clean up its entries from the enabled/disabled lists in config.yaml. The fix scopes config cleanup to the specific plugin being removed.

## 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 #118854. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118854 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-118854`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54336: \[Bug\]: hermes plugins uninstall leaves the plugin in plugins.enabled (config.yaml)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118854: plugins: enable/disable/remove land on the loader's key on every surface; uninstall leaves no config residue (#27548, #54336, #71595, #73131, #82898)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_deferred_platform_client_tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_activation_keys.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_remove_bookkeeping.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_disabled_provider_not_loaded.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `web/src/i18n/af.ts`, `web/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `web/src/i18n/de.ts`, `web/src/i18n/en.ts`, `web/src/i18n/es.ts`, `web/src/i18n/fr.ts` (+15 more)
- **#54382: fix(cli): remove plugin from enabled/disabled lists on uninstall (#54336)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `405975a7c0`, `#118854`, `#54336`
- **#80162: fix(cli): scope plugin-removal config cleanup to the plugin actually being removed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87991`
- **#87991: fix(cli): purge plugin config state on uninstall (supersedes #80162)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `405975a7c0`, `#118854`, `#54336`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118854 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`