# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent auto-downgrade of newer installed packages

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the lazy dependency installer would treat a newer-than-expected installed package as missing and attempt to downgrade it on every run. Fixes ensure that a newer installed version is accepted rather than silently replaced.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #80390: lazy_deps ensure() treats a newer installed hindsight-client as missing and attempts an unattended downgrade on every retain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80496: fix(memory): never auto-downgrade installed hindsight; honest status predicate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80517`, `#80390`, `#80388`
- **#80517: fix(tools,cli): never downgrade lazy deps at runtime; truthful memory status**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `74f726c17675642c2eff3033632e812f5f0e6614`, `#80390`, `#80388`
- **#80559: fix(lazy-deps): stop auto-downgrading newer hindsight-client**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `74f726c17675642c2eff3033632e812f5f0e6614`, `#80390`
- **#81008: fix(lazy_deps): never downgrade a newer installed package**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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