# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP reload drops tools on remote backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where reloading MCP causes installed plugin tools and skills to disappear or become unavailable when using URL-based or cloud backends. A TUI fix attempts to preserve desktop UI state during /reload-mcp for remote connections.

## 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 #119644. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #119644 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #91281: \[Bug\]: /reload-mcp drops desktop GUI tools on URL and cloud backends

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119644: Installed plugins' MCP tools and skills are live in every open chat, no Connect-now**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugin-install-modal.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugin-install-modal.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ar.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.generated.ts`, `apps/shared/src/gateway-contract.openrpc.json`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_activation.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_activation_live.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/dashboard_ui.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_plugins_manage_late_activation.py`, `tui_gateway/contracts/tools_mcp_plugins.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`
- **#91282: fix(tui): keep desktop_ui on /reload-mcp for remote backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bd0affe5e5f723579df8902852f5d0c47795f355`, `9039b690fc34`, `#119644`, `#91281`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #119644 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`