# NousResearch/hermes-agent · uv/pip lazy dependency install bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Several fixes targeting issues with lazy dependency installation, including uv interpreter targeting, stale VIRTUAL_ENV handling, and isolation from ambient UV_* environment variables. One report concerns a tool being incorrectly detected as not installed.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #92824. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92824 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #83264: \[Bug\]: Hindsight wrongly seen as not installed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92824: fix(update): dependency sync works on pip/site-packages installs — stale VIRTUAL_ENV no longer crashes uv (salvage #83434)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_virtualenv.py`
- **#83335: fix(lazy-deps): target uv installs at Hermes interpreter (#83264)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#83264`, `#92824`, `#83434`, `#57326`
- **#101566: fix(tools): isolate lazy installs from ambient UV_* interpreter steering (#83264)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#83914`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92824 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-23`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`