# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin rows without keys breaking Settings view

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address a crash or full view teardown in the Settings → Plugins screen when a plugin row has no associated key. Changes include rendering such rows as read-only and updating a backend contract.

## 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 #83020. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #83020 (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-83020`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82697: Settings → Plugins tears down the whole view when a plugin row has no key

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83020: fix(desktop): keyless plugin rows render read-only + backend contract v6**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugins-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugins-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/updates.ts`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#82828: fix(desktop): stop legacy plugin rows from crashing Settings**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83020`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #83020 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-10`.