# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI --reasoning flag causing unnecessary plugin discovery

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the --reasoning flag was missing from top-level value-flag sets, causing eager plugin discovery on every invocation. Multiple fix attempts and a regression test address this parser-parity issue.

## 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 #93646. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #93646 (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-93646`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #93530: \[Bug\]: Top-level --reasoning missing from both hand-maintained value-flag sets — forces eager plugin discovery on every --reasoning invocation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#93646: fix(cli): --reasoning no longer forces slow plugin discovery on every run (#93530, salvage #93551 + #93570)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_startup_plugin_gating.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_top_level_value_flags_parity.py`
- **#93551: fix(cli): keep --reasoning invocations on the plugin fast path**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93646`, `#93570`
- **#93570: fix(cli): add --reasoning to both top-level value-flag sets (+ parser-parity regression test)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#93646`, `#93551`
- **#93651: fix(cli): add --reasoning to top-level value-flag sets (#93530)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#93570`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #93646 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-24`.