# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop plugin reload path handling fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs in the desktop application where manual plugin rescans or reloads fail to correctly handle known disk paths, particularly after atomic install replacements. The work focuses on making runtime plugin reload behavior more reliable and authoritative.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #91503: Desktop: manual plugin reload skips known paths after atomic install replacement

## 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`
- **#91648: fix(desktop): reload known disk plugin paths on manual rescan (#91503)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118813`
- **#92011: fix(desktop): make runtime plugin reloads authoritative**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91648`, `#91503`
- **#92886: fix(desktop): reload runtime plugins after atomic replacement**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118813`

## 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`