# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Docker pip dependency resolution depth bug and uv fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple reports of pip failing with excessive recursion depth when resolving dependencies in Docker builds. Fixes address this by switching to uv or flattening extras for Docker image builds.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #6352: \[Bug\]: Docker build broken on main — pip resolution-too-deep on .\[all\] extras graph
- #7052: \[Bug\]: pip install get dependency resolution exceeded maximum depth issue in Docker

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#6400: fix(docker): use uv for all-extras install in image build**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#6386`, `#6403`
- **#6678: fix(packaging): flatten all extra for Docker builds**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0602ff8f5`, `#6352`
- **#7059: fix(docker): use uv to install python packages in docker**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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