# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add ddgs to lazy dependencies for Docker deployments

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #60425: \[Bug\]: web.backend: ddgs is missing from LAZY_DEPS in sealed-venv Docker deployments
- PR #60528: fix(web): lazy-install ddgs backend

These issues and PRs concern a missing \`ddgs\` entry in \`LAZY_DEPS\` that affects sealed-venv Docker deployments of the web backend. The work involves identifying and applying a fix to ensure \`ddgs\` is lazily installed in that environment.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #60425: \[Bug\]: web.backend: ddgs is missing from LAZY_DEPS in sealed-venv Docker deployments

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#60528: fix(web): lazy-install ddgs backend**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/web/ddgs/provider.py`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/test_project_metadata.py`, `tests/tools/test_web_providers_ddgs.py`, `tools/lazy_deps.py`, `tools/web_tools.py`
- **#60552: fix(web): add ddgs to LAZY_DEPS for Docker sealed-venv deployments (#60425)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#60528`, `#60425`

## Fix status

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