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Plugin scanner robustness and loader hardening

Cluster 86996 · hermes cli. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118841 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address issues in the plugin scanning and loading pipeline, including skipping dunder directories, containing scan-time OSErrors, version gating, SystemExit isolation, uv quarantine behavior, and rejection of impostor or improperly pinned plugin directories.

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  • #118841 Plugin loader: version gate reads running code, SystemExit isolated, uv quarantine from any cwd, impostor dirs refused, range pins (#72052 #104404 #101962 #112096 #108371 #71650 #86992 #98407)

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[email protected], hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py, hermes_cli/plugins.py, hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py, hermes_cli/plugins_loader.py, hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py, plugins/disk-cleanup/plugin.yaml, plugins/google_meet/plugin.yaml, plugins/memory/byterover/plugin.yaml, plugins/memory/hindsight/plugin.yaml, plugins/memory/holographic/plugin.yaml, plugins/memory/honcho/plugin.yaml, plugins/memory/openviking/plugin.yaml, plugins/observability/langfuse/plugin.yaml, plugins/plugin_loader.py, plugins/security-guidance/plugin.yaml, pyproject.toml, tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_init.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_manifest_v2.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_scan_dunder_dirs.py (+8 more)

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #87014 fix(plugins): skip dunder dirs and contain plugin-scan OSErrors · merged via another change → 74f726c, #86996
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#86996Plugin scanner: dunder dirs are not skipped, and a scan error fails every tool call
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hermes cli
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#118841
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1 PR closed without merging
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22 Sep 2026

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