# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Security scanner incorrectly flagging test fixture paths

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The plugin_guard security scanner was scanning test directories, causing plugins with adversarial security fixtures in test trees to be unconditionally blocked. These members address scoping the scanner away from test paths and improving block reason reporting.

## 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 #110218. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110218 (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-110218`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89610: plugin_guard scans tests/, so any plugin with adversarial security fixtures is unconditionally blocked

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110218: plugin_guard: test trees no longer force a DANGEROUS verdict; block reason names the critical rule (#93927, #109391, salvage #89613 #109420)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_plugin_guard.py`, `tests/tools/test_plugin_guard_block_reason.py`, `tools/plugin_guard.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#89613: fix(plugins): stop the security scanner from reading test trees**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1e76efbe28ef`, `#110218`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110218 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.
- Subsystem: `agent`