# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Surface hidden memory provider discovery errors

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #98920: \[Bug\]: \`hermes memory setup\` reports "No memory provider plugins detected" when discovery *fails*, hiding the real error
- PR #98922: fix(cli): surface real errors when memory provider discovery fails

These issues and PRs address a bug where failures during memory provider plugin discovery are silently swallowed, returning an empty list instead of exposing the underlying error. The work involves surfacing real errors to the user in both the library and CLI layers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #98920: \[Bug\]: \`hermes memory setup\` reports "No memory provider plugins detected" when discovery *fails*, hiding the real error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#98922: fix(cli): surface real errors when memory provider discovery fails**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_setup.py`
- **#100164: fix(memory): surface discovery/load errors instead of silent empty list (#98920)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`