# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix premature plugin discovery disabling user plugins

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #77200: Import-time plugin discovery can permanently disable user plugins without a visible gateway warning
- PR #77252: fix(gateway): prevent import-time plugin discovery from permanently disabling plugins (#77200)

These items address a bug where plugin discovery occurring at import time could permanently disable user plugins. The fix defers plugin discovery until gateway startup to prevent this silent failure.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #77200: Import-time plugin discovery can permanently disable user plugins without a visible gateway warning

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#77213: fix(gateway): defer plugin discovery until startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#77204`
- **#77252: fix(gateway): prevent import-time plugin discovery from permanently disabling plugins (#77200)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `39bc9f440dcf327e0608225fbad61b3f24e9305c`, `e05d95c670fb`, `#77200`, `#77204`, `#77252`, `#77213`, `#374151`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `tests/gateway/test_plugin_discovery_initialization.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_auxiliary_tasks.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`