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Hindsight config overwrite and migration issues

Cluster 70606 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #119888 on 23 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug where hindsight's hermes.env configuration was being overwritten on daemon start, a fix to preserve user-configured embedded keys, and a related migration of hindsight to the plugin catalog.

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  • #119888 hindsight moves to the plugin catalog (auto-migrated on first start / hermes update)

    merged to main

    files: .github/workflows/tests-os.yml, .github/workflows/tests.yml, COMPAT_MANIFEST.md, CONTRIBUTING.es.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, Dockerfile, compat_manifest.json, hermes_cli/config_defaults.py, hermes_cli/memory_setup.py, hermes_cli/subcommands/memory.py, hermes_cli/tips.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py, nix/checks.nix, nix/hermes-agent.nix, nix/moduleCommon.nix, nix/packages.nix, plugins/AGENTS.md, plugins/memory/__init__.py, plugins/memory/hindsight/README.md (+30 more)

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #71107 fix(memory): preserve user-configured hindsight embedded keys · done elsewhere → 9d799e0, 4cbf862, dc75038, #119888, #70606
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#70606Hindsight local_embedded: hermes.env completely overwritten on every daemon start, destroying user embedding/reranker configuration
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1 PR closed without merging
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23 Sep 2026

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