# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Web search/extract errors, discovery, and backend improvements

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #58320: web_search/web_extract fail silently - no clear user guidance on failure
- PR #58359: fix(tools): add actionable guidance to web_search/web_extract error messages

These items address silent failures and unclear error messages in web_search/web_extract tools, fix plugin discovery ordering before registry lookups, and add a parallel-backed implementation supporting both keyless and keyed API modes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #58320: web_search/web_extract fail silently - no clear user guidance on failure

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#27584: fix(web): ensure plugin discovery before web_*_tool registry lookups**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#34563`
- **#58359: fix(tools): add actionable guidance to web_search/web_extract error messages**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `skills/email/himalaya/SKILL.md`, `tools/web_tools.py`

## Fix status

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