# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory provider config reading from config.yaml fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where OpenViking and RetainDB memory providers could not be configured via config.yaml or the Dashboard, requiring environment variables instead. Related work also covers lifecycle hardening and endpoint safety for the OpenViking plugin.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #77747. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #77747 (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-77747`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.49`: 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

- #62540: plugin(openviking): recall settings ignore config.yaml, require env vars only
- #68209: \[Bug\]: Memory provider config reading broken — OpenViking and RetainDB cannot be enabled via Dashboard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77747: fix(openviking): harden lifecycle, endpoint safety, and dashboard config**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/memory_provider.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `plugins/memory/openviking/README.md`, `plugins/memory/openviking/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/retaindb/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`, `tests/openviking_plugin/test_openviking.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_openviking_endpoint_always_blocked.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_openviking_provider.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_retaindb_provider.py`, `web/src/lib/api.ts`, `web/src/pages/PluginsPage.tsx`
- **#62541: fix(openviking): read recall settings from config.yaml first, env vars as fallback**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77747`
- **#68228: fix(memory): read non-secret provider config from config.yaml for OpenViking and RetainDB (#68209)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77747`
- **#76782: fix(openviking): harden lifecycle, endpoint safety, and dashboard config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77747`, `#76782`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #77747 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-03`.
- Subsystem: `agent`