# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix false doctor warning for builtin memory provider

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a false-positive warning in the doctor command that incorrectly reports the builtin memory provider as not found. The fixes involve normalizing or recognizing builtin provider aliases at both the doctor and runtime levels.

## 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 #118842. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118842 (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-118842`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75647: doctor: false warning 'builtin plugin not found' when memory.provider is builtin (the default)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118842: Provider-plugin contracts: chronos no longer eagerly loaded, narrow plugin tool handlers survive dispatch, -q wires _cli_ref, builtin memory sentinel, context-engine clone/user-dir (#62951 #68318 #67597 #75647 #115113 #99640 #61839)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/context_engine.py`, `agent/memory_provider.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_single_query.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_state.py`, `hermes_cli/memory_provider_migration.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py`, `plugins/context_engine/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_context_engine.py`, `tests/agent/test_plugin_context_engine_clone.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_provider_core_sentinels.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_plugin_cli_ref.py`, `tests/plugins/test_context_engine_user_dir.py`, `tests/tools/test_registry.py`, `tools/registry.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/context-engine-plugin.md` (+1 more)
- **#75666: fix(doctor): recognize builtin memory provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#75679: fix(memory): normalize builtin provider aliases for doctor and runtime**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `913c045c53`, `#118842`, `#75647`
- **#83317: fix(doctor): skip false warning for builtin memory provider**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `913c045c53`, `#118842`, `#75647`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118842 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.
- Subsystem: `agent`