# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix flat MoA config shadowed by default preset merge

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #82726: Flat MoA config is silently shadowed by merged default preset
- PR #82739: fix(config): preserve flat MoA settings during merge

These issues and fixes address a bug where flat MoA configuration fields are silently overwritten or ignored when merged with a default preset. The work focuses on preserving user-specified flat MoA settings through the merge process.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82726: Flat MoA config is silently shadowed by merged default preset

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82739: fix(config): preserve flat MoA settings during merge**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `50873d215490c7c9b6ee00bd802f8fea2fb52dc4`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/managed_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_managed_scope_overlay.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_moa_config.py`
- **#83217: fix(config): honor flat MoA fields after default preset merge**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

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