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Plugin context-engine cloning and agent initialization fixes

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #118842 on 22 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address how plugin context engines are cloned for child agents, including a bug where clone_for_agent() was ignored during agent initialization. Related provider-plugin contract changes around eager loading, dispatch, and memory sentinels are also grouped here.

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  • #118842 Provider-plugin contracts: chronos no longer eagerly loaded, narrow plugin tool handlers survive dispatch, -q wires _cli_ref, builtin memory sentinel, context-engine clone/user-dir (#62951 #68318 #67597 #75647 #115113 #99640 #61839)

    merged to main

    files: agent/agent_init.py, agent/context_engine.py, agent/memory_provider.py, hermes_cli/cli_single_query.py, hermes_cli/doctor_state.py, hermes_cli/memory_provider_migration.py, hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py, hermes_cli/plugins_manifest.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd_deps.py, hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py, plugins/context_engine/__init__.py, tests/agent/test_context_engine.py, tests/agent/test_plugin_context_engine_clone.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_memory_provider_core_sentinels.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_single_query_plugin_cli_ref.py, tests/plugins/test_context_engine_user_dir.py, tests/tools/test_registry.py, tools/registry.py, website/docs/developer-guide/context-engine-plugin.md (+1 more)

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2

  • #62374 fix(context-engine): clone plugin engines per agent · done elsewhere → 913c045, #118842, #99640
  • #99677 fix(agent): clone plugin context engines via clone_for_agent · done elsewhere → 913c045, #118842, #99640
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#99640Bug: plugin context-engine cloning ignores `clone_for_agent()`, so LCM falls back in child-agent initialization
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22 Sep 2026

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