# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin toolset validation timing fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused toolset validation to run before plugins were loaded, triggering false-positive warnings for plugin-registered toolsets. The fix defers validation until after plugin discovery is complete.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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 #118841. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118841 (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-118841`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #71650: Bug: Toolset validation runs before plugin load -- plugin-registered toolsets always trigger false-positive warning

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118841: Plugin loader: version gate reads running code, SystemExit isolated, uv quarantine from any cwd, impostor dirs refused, range pins (#72052 #104404 #101962 #112096 #108371 #71650 #86992 #98407)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `plugins/disk-cleanup/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/google_meet/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/byterover/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/holographic/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/honcho/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/memory/openviking/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/observability/langfuse/plugin.yaml`, `plugins/plugin_loader.py`, `plugins/security-guidance/plugin.yaml`, `pyproject.toml`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_init.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_scan_dunder_dirs.py` (+8 more)
- **#71742: fix: defer toolset validation to after plugin discovery (#71650)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#89345: fix(cli): don't warn on plugin toolsets at startup; accept them in subagent lifecycle**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `74f726c17675642c2eff3033632e812f5f0e6614`, `#116425`
- **#116425: fix(cli): don't flag plugin toolsets as unknown at startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `74f726c17675642c2eff3033632e812f5f0e6614`, `#71650`, `#91757`, `#95529`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118841 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.
- Subsystem: `agent`