# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop plugin image generation timeout and reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address timeout limits for image generation requests in desktop plugins and broader plugin reliability improvements including failure rollback, import restrictions, and file reload behavior.

## 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 #118813. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118813 (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-118813`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #86161: Desktop plugin image.generate requests time out after 30 seconds

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118813: Desktop plugins: register() failures roll back, remote imports refused, reload re-reads replaced files, honest sandbox docs (#91503, #98861, #86161)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/contrib/runtime-loader.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/contrib/runtime-loader.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/avatar-image.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/avatar-image.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `hermes_cli/plugin_validate_desktop.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_validate.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/desktop-plugin-sdk.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/desktop.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugin-catalog.md`
- **#90511: fix(desktop): extend bot image generation timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b2e5b1d4200`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118813 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`