# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Shell hooks lost after plugin force-reload

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where shell hooks are silently dropped when a plugin is force-reloaded, and propose re-registering them afterward.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #84979. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #84979 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #60036: Bug: Shell hooks silently lost after plugin force-reload

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#84979: fix(plugins): hook delivery parity across all surfaces + symmetric force-reload**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/shell_hooks.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_relay_shared_metrics_runtime.py`
- **#60037: fix(plugins): re-register shell hooks after force-reload**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `8be9c76f8c0`, `600b9c7e7e4`, `#60036`, `#84979`, `#92682`, `#59363`, `#59948`, `#59963`, `#59967`, `#59970`, `#59985`, `#59989`, `#60000`, `#60001`, `#60003`, `#60004`, `#60018`, `#60031`
- **#60267: fix(plugins): re-register config shell hooks after plugin force-reload (#60036)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `8be9c76f8c0`, `600b9c7e7e4`, `#84979`, `#92682`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #84979 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-13`.
- Subsystem: `agent`