# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Config list values serialized incorrectly as JSON strings

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where list-of-strings configuration values were being stored and matched as stringified JSON literals rather than proper YAML lists. The fix ensures correct encoding and decoding of array values in config set operations.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116965 (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-116965`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #76457: hermes config set: list-of-strings values written as stringified JSON literal instead of YAML list

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116965: fix(platforms): Discord/WhatsApp/DingTalk allowlists stored as a JSON-list string match again (#76457)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/whatsapp_common.py`, `plugins/platforms/dingtalk/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_missed_message_backfill.py`, `tests/plugins/platforms/test_bracket_list_allowlists.py`
- **#76470: fix(config): decode JSON array literals into YAML lists on config set**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `47659a2b1`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`