# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix web_search removal when browser toolset disabled

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where disabling the browser toolset also silently removes web_search, plus a disagreement between two implementations of disabled_toolsets handling. These members address identifying and fixing that unintended behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103463. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103463 (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-103463`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #73692: \`agent.disabled_toolsets: \[browser\]\` silently removes \`web_search\`, and two implementations of \`disabled_toolsets\` disagree about whether it should

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103463: fix(toolsets): stop disabled browser from stripping web_search**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/test_model_tools.py`, `tests/test_toolset_distributions.py`, `toolset_distributions.py`, `toolsets.py`
- **#73732: fix(tools): prevent disabled_toolsets: \[browser\] from removing web_search**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ec1e6d50bc`, `#103463`, `#64525`, `#64503`, `#73692`
- **#84164: fix(agent): keep web_search when browser toolset is disabled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#64525`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103463 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-05`.
- Subsystem: `agent`