From 643dea487bafb8eaf836e718f22a7edca47acd09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: teknium1 <127238744+teknium1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:18:21 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(plugins): canonical activation keys + remove/toggle
bookkeeping across CLI, dashboard and RPC
Symptoms fixed (all live-reproduced on origin/main in a fake HERMES_HOME):
- `hermes plugins disable photon-platform` wrote `platforms/photon` while the loader keyed the
bundled adapter `photon-platform`, so the disable never applied (#27548). The loader now keys
bundled platforms `platforms/
` like every other category (one call site in
plugins_discovery.py); the manifest name stays an accepted alias through gate_manifest.
- `plugins.manage toggle` / dashboard toggle wrote the raw identifier: enabling by bare leaf or
manifest name returned ok while a stale canonical key in plugins.disabled kept the plugin off.
dashboard_set_agent_plugin_enabled resolves the canonical key and purges every alias from the
opposing list (shared _activate_key, also used by cmd_enable/cmd_disable); the RPC reports the key.
- remove/uninstall (CLI, dashboard, RPC) left the plugin in plugins.enabled/disabled and
plugins.entries (#54336), left memory.provider dangling so the next agent init re-cloned the
provider from the catalog (uninstall silently reverted), and, for a symlink inside the plugins
dir, deleted the TARGET plugin and its metadata while the link stayed dangling. _remove_user_plugin
is the shared tail: unlink a link only, then forget config under every alias and reset
memory.provider (reported as cleared_memory_provider).
- `hermes plugins list` / dashboard hub / TUI hub called bundled backends, bundled platforms and the
live memory.provider "not enabled" (#73131, #82898): _plugin_status mirrors gate_manifest.
- A user-installed memory provider parked in plugins.disabled kept loading: load_memory_provider
honours the deny-list (name, dir name or manifest name) and says so once.
---
hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py | 162 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py | 8 +-
hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py | 14 ++-
plugins/memory/__init__.py | 28 +++++
tui_gateway/methods_tools.py | 15 +--
5 files changed, 173 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py b/hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py
index c21871f167..9454f3d980 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import sys
import tempfile
import urllib.parse
from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any, NoReturn, Optional
from hermes_constants import get_hermes_home
from hermes_cli._subprocess_compat import noninteractive_git_env
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _is_tty() -> bool:
return sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdout.isatty()
-def _fail(console, message: str) -> None:
+def _fail(console, message: str) -> NoReturn:
"""Print *message* and exit 1."""
console.print(message)
sys.exit(1)
@@ -1041,14 +1041,38 @@ def cmd_remove(name: str) -> None:
plugins_dir = _plugins_dir()
target = _require_installed_plugin(name, plugins_dir, console)
try:
- _remove_plugin_core(target)
+ result = _remove_user_plugin(plugins_dir, name, target)
except (OSError, PluginOperationError) as exc:
_fail(console, f"[red]Error:[/red] Could not remove plugin '{name}': {exc}")
console.print()
console.print(f"[red]✗[/red] Plugin [bold]{name}[/bold] removed from {plugins_dir}")
+ if result.get("cleared_memory_provider"):
+ console.print("[yellow]memory.provider pointed at this plugin and was reset; "
+ "run `hermes memory setup` to pick another.[/yellow]")
console.print()
+def _remove_user_plugin(plugins_dir: Path, name: str, target: Path) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Shared ``remove`` tail for the CLI, the dashboard and the ``plugins.manage`` RPC.
+
+ *target* is the resolved directory; when ``plugins_dir/name`` itself is a symlink only the link
+ goes — the tree it points at may be another installed plugin (a dev alias to a sibling checkout),
+ and following it deleted that plugin plus its install metadata while the alias stayed dangling.
+ Config bookkeeping (aliases, toolset) is gathered before the tree disappears.
+ """
+ link = plugins_dir / name.strip("/")
+ if link.is_symlink():
+ link.unlink()
+ return {"ok": True, "name": name, **_forget_plugin_config({link.name})}
+ entry = next((e for e in _discover_all_plugins() if Path(str(e[4])) == target), None)
+ key = entry[5] if entry else target.name
+ aliases = _plugin_aliases(key) | {target.name}
+ if _read_manifest(target).get("provides_tools"):
+ _toggle_plugin_toolset(key, enable=False)
+ _remove_plugin_core(target)
+ return {"ok": True, "name": name, **_forget_plugin_config(aliases)}
+
+
# ``plugins.disabled`` is an explicit deny-list that wins over the ``plugins.enabled`` allow-list.
_get_disabled_set = functools.partial(_config_name_set, "plugins", "disabled")
_get_enabled_set = functools.partial(_config_name_set, "plugins", "enabled")
@@ -1092,6 +1116,61 @@ def _discard_key_and_leaf(names: set, key: str) -> None:
names.discard(key.split("/")[-1])
+def _plugin_aliases(key: str) -> set:
+ """Every spelling a config list may hold for *key*: the key, its bare leaf and the manifest name.
+ The loader matches BOTH the canonical key (``web/firecrawl``) and the manifest name
+ (``web-firecrawl``), so a stale entry under any form vetoes an enable ("explicit disable wins")."""
+ names = {key, key.split("/")[-1]}
+ names.update(e[0] for e in _discover_all_plugins() if e[5] == key)
+ return names
+
+
+def _activate_key(key: str, *, enable: bool) -> bool:
+ """Persist canonical *key* as enabled/disabled, purging every alias from the opposing list.
+ False when the lists already say so (nothing written)."""
+ enabled, disabled = _get_enabled_set(), _get_disabled_set()
+ aliases = _plugin_aliases(key)
+ target, other = (enabled, disabled) if enable else (disabled, enabled)
+ if key in target and not (aliases & other):
+ return False
+ target.add(key)
+ other.difference_update(aliases)
+ _save_plugin_sets(enabled, disabled)
+ return True
+
+
+def _forget_plugin_config(aliases: set) -> dict[str, Any]:
+ """Drop every trace of a removed plugin (its :func:`_plugin_aliases`, taken BEFORE the tree went)
+ from config.yaml: allow/deny-list entries, ``plugins.entries.`` grants and a ``memory.provider``
+ selection naming it. A later reinstall under the same name must start from the "Enable now?"
+ decision, not inherit a stale enable or grant (#54336); a dangling ``memory.provider`` would make
+ the next agent init re-clone the plugin from the catalog, silently undoing the uninstall.
+ Returns ``{"cleared_memory_provider": True}`` when the selection was reset."""
+ from hermes_cli.config import load_config, save_config
+ config = load_config()
+ changed = False
+ result: dict[str, Any] = {}
+ plugins_cfg = config.get("plugins")
+ if isinstance(plugins_cfg, dict):
+ for list_key in ("enabled", "disabled"):
+ names = plugins_cfg.get(list_key)
+ if isinstance(names, list) and aliases & set(names):
+ plugins_cfg[list_key] = sorted(set(names) - aliases)
+ changed = True
+ entries = plugins_cfg.get("entries")
+ if isinstance(entries, dict) and aliases & set(entries):
+ for alias in aliases & set(entries):
+ del entries[alias]
+ changed = True
+ memory_cfg = config.get("memory")
+ if isinstance(memory_cfg, dict) and str(memory_cfg.get("provider") or "").strip() in aliases:
+ memory_cfg["provider"] = ""
+ changed, result = True, {"cleared_memory_provider": True}
+ if changed:
+ save_config(config)
+ return result
+
+
def _set_plugin_enabled(name: str, *, enable: bool) -> None:
"""Move *name* between the enabled allow-list and the disabled deny-list and persist both."""
enabled = _get_enabled_set()
@@ -1165,21 +1244,10 @@ def cmd_enable(name: str, allow_tool_override: Optional[bool] = None) -> None:
except PluginOperationError as exc:
_fail(console, f"[red]Error:[/red] {exc}")
- enabled = _get_enabled_set()
- disabled = _get_disabled_set()
- if key in enabled and key not in disabled:
- console.print(f"[dim]Plugin '{key}' is already enabled.[/dim]")
- else:
- enabled.add(key)
- # The loader's disable check matches BOTH the canonical key (``web/firecrawl``) and the
- # manifest name (``web-firecrawl``); a stale entry under either form would silently veto
- # this enable ("explicit disable wins"), so drop the key, its bare leaf, and the name.
- _discard_key_and_leaf(disabled, key)
- manifest_name = next((e[0] for e in _discover_all_plugins() if e[5] == key), None)
- if manifest_name is not None:
- disabled.discard(manifest_name)
- _save_plugin_sets(enabled, disabled)
+ if _activate_key(key, enable=True):
console.print(f"[green]✓[/green] Plugin [bold]{key}[/bold] enabled. Takes effect on next session.")
+ else:
+ console.print(f"[dim]Plugin '{key}' is already enabled.[/dim]")
# Built-in tool override is a privileged grant; bundled plugins are trusted.
if source == "bundled":
@@ -1345,15 +1413,9 @@ def cmd_disable(name: str) -> None:
key = _resolve_plugin_key(name)
if key is None:
_fail(console, _unknown_plugin_message(name))
- enabled = _get_enabled_set()
- disabled = _get_disabled_set()
- if key not in enabled and key in disabled:
+ if not _activate_key(key, enable=False):
console.print(f"[dim]Plugin '{key}' is already disabled.[/dim]")
return
- # Also drop a stale legacy bare-name entry so it can't keep a nested plugin loading.
- _discard_key_and_leaf(enabled, key)
- disabled.add(key)
- _save_plugin_sets(enabled, disabled)
console.print(
f"[yellow]\u2298[/yellow] Plugin [bold]{key}[/bold] disabled. Takes effect on next session.")
@@ -1453,10 +1515,26 @@ def _discover_all_plugins() -> list:
return list(seen.values())
-def _plugin_status(name: str, enabled: set, disabled: set, key: str = "") -> str:
- """User-facing activation state for a plugin name or key."""
+def _category_active_names() -> set:
+ """Provider names switched on through ``.provider`` config rather than
+ ``plugins.enabled`` (the live memory provider), so status never calls them "not enabled"."""
+ return {n for n in (_get_current_memory_provider(),) if n}
+
+
+def _plugin_status(name: str, enabled: set, disabled: set, key: str = "", *, source: str = "",
+ dir_path=None, active: "frozenset | set" = frozenset()) -> str:
+ """User-facing activation state for a plugin name or key. Mirrors ``gate_manifest``: an explicit
+ disable wins, then the allow-list, then the activations that need no list entry — bundled
+ backends/platforms/model providers (*source* + *dir_path*) and category-selected providers
+ (*active*, see :func:`_category_active_names`)."""
names = {name, key}
- return "disabled" if names & disabled else "enabled" if names & enabled else "not enabled"
+ if names & disabled:
+ return "disabled"
+ if names & enabled or names & active:
+ return "enabled"
+ if source == "bundled" and dir_path is not None and _bundled_default_on(dir_path):
+ return "enabled"
+ return "not enabled"
def _filter_plugin_entries(entries: list, args: Any, enabled: set, disabled: set) -> list:
@@ -1465,9 +1543,11 @@ def _filter_plugin_entries(entries: list, args: Any, enabled: set, disabled: set
if getattr(args, "no_bundled", False) or getattr(args, "user", False):
filtered = [entry for entry in filtered if entry[3] != "bundled"]
if getattr(args, "enabled", False):
+ active = _category_active_names()
filtered = [
entry for entry in filtered
- if _plugin_status(entry[0], enabled, disabled, key=entry[5]) == "enabled"
+ if _plugin_status(entry[0], enabled, disabled, key=entry[5], source=entry[3], dir_path=entry[4],
+ active=active) == "enabled"
]
return filtered
@@ -1494,8 +1574,10 @@ def cmd_list(args: Any | None = None) -> None:
# One kill-list resolution for the whole listing: resolving per row costs a live-catalog
# fetch per installed plugin when the catalog host is slow or unreachable.
removed_entries = catalog.resolved_removed_entries()
+ active = _category_active_names()
rows = [
- (name, _plugin_status(name, enabled, disabled, key=key), str(version), description,
+ (name, _plugin_status(name, enabled, disabled, key=key, source=source, dir_path=_dir, active=active),
+ str(version), description,
catalog.catalog_annotation(_dir) or _pin_annotation(name, pins) or source,
catalog.removed_annotation(name, _dir, removed_entries))
for name, version, description, source, _dir, key in entries
@@ -1987,16 +2069,17 @@ def _toggle_plugin_toolset(name: str, *, enable: bool) -> None:
def dashboard_set_agent_plugin_enabled(name: str, *, enabled: bool) -> dict[str, Any]:
- """Enable or disable a plugin in ``config.yaml`` (runtime allow/deny lists)."""
- if _resolve_plugin_key(name) is None:
+ """Enable or disable a plugin in ``config.yaml`` (runtime allow/deny lists). *name* may be the
+ canonical key, the manifest name or a unique bare leaf; the canonical key is what gets written
+ (the loader never matches a bare leaf, and a stale key in ``disabled`` outranks a manifest-name
+ entry in ``enabled`` — so writing the raw identifier reported success while the plugin stayed off)."""
+ key = _resolve_plugin_key(name)
+ if key is None:
return {"ok": False, "error": f"Plugin '{name}' is not installed or bundled."}
- en = _get_enabled_set()
- dis = _get_disabled_set()
- if ((name in en and name not in dis) if enabled else (name not in en and name in dis)):
- return {"ok": True, "name": name, "unchanged": True}
- _set_plugin_enabled(name, enable=enabled)
- _toggle_plugin_toolset(name, enable=enabled)
- return {"ok": True, "name": name, "unchanged": False}
+ changed = _activate_key(key, enable=enabled)
+ if changed:
+ _toggle_plugin_toolset(key, enable=enabled)
+ return {"ok": True, "name": key, "unchanged": not changed}
def _user_installed_plugin_dir(name: str) -> Optional[Path]:
@@ -2180,10 +2263,9 @@ def dashboard_remove_user_plugin(name: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
if target is None:
return {"ok": False, "error": f"Plugin '{name}' was not found under {plugins_dir}."}
try:
- _remove_plugin_core(target)
+ return _remove_user_plugin(plugins_dir, name, target)
except (OSError, PluginOperationError) as exc:
return {"ok": False, "error": f"Could not remove plugin '{name}': {exc}"}
- return {"ok": True, "name": name}
def cmd_plugin_doctor(target: str = ".", *, ci: bool = False) -> None:
diff --git a/hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py b/hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py
index 03c594423c..e7013a9efa 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py
@@ -173,12 +173,14 @@ def collect_directory_manifests() -> List[PluginManifest]:
logger.debug(" %s: %d manifest(s)", label, len(found))
manifests.extend(found)
- # Excluded bundled top-level categories have their own discovery; platforms scan separately.
+ # Excluded bundled top-level categories have their own discovery. ``platforms/`` is an ordinary category
+ # dir: the recursion keys its adapters ``platforms/`` like every other category (``web/firecrawl``),
+ # which is the key `hermes plugins enable/disable` and the dashboard write (#27548); the manifest name
+ # (``photon-platform``) stays an accepted alias through ``gate_manifest``.
repo_plugins = _origin.get_bundled_plugins_dir()
logger.debug("Scanning bundled plugins: %s", repo_plugins)
_scan("bundled (top-level)", repo_plugins, "bundled",
- {"memory", "context_engine", "platforms", "model-providers", "cron_providers"})
- _scan("bundled/platforms", repo_plugins / "platforms", "bundled")
+ {"memory", "context_engine", "model-providers", "cron_providers"})
user_dir = get_hermes_home() / "plugins"
logger.debug("Scanning user plugins: %s", user_dir)
_scan("user", user_dir, "user")
diff --git a/hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py b/hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py
index 8363a7d9db..9ec07ce343 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/web_server_dashboard.py
@@ -677,12 +677,14 @@ def _merged_plugins_hub(force_refresh: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
started_at = time.monotonic()
from hermes_cli.plugins_cmd import (
+ _category_active_names,
_discover_all_plugins,
_get_current_context_engine,
_get_current_memory_provider,
_discover_context_engines,
_get_disabled_set,
_get_enabled_set,
+ _plugin_status,
_read_manifest as _read_plugin_manifest_at,
)
from hermes_cli.plugins_cmd_catalog import removed_annotation
@@ -699,12 +701,16 @@ def _merged_plugins_hub(force_refresh: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Any]:
# One kill-list resolution for the whole rebuild: resolving per row costs a live-catalog
# fetch per installed plugin when the catalog host is slow or unreachable.
removed_entries = resolved_removed_entries()
+ active = _category_active_names()
for name, version, description, source, dir_str, key in _discover_all_plugins():
- # Both the path-derived key (nested category plugins) and the bare manifest name
- # count for enabled/disabled state, matching the runtime loader's back-compat lookup.
- aliases = {name, key} if key else {name}
- runtime_status = _plugin_runtime_status(aliases, enabled_set, disabled_set)
+ # Same verdict as `hermes plugins list` / the TUI hub: name+key aliases for the lists, bundled
+ # backends/platforms/providers and the live memory provider count as enabled without a list
+ # entry (#73131, #82898).
+ runtime_status = _plugin_status(
+ name, enabled_set, disabled_set, key=key, source=source, dir_path=dir_str, active=active)
+ if runtime_status == "not enabled":
+ runtime_status = "inactive"
dir_path = Path(dir_str)
dm = dash_by_name.get(name)
diff --git a/plugins/memory/__init__.py b/plugins/memory/__init__.py
index c1a06c8f8d..22ef4b6404 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/__init__.py
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ def load_memory_provider(name: str, *, register_skills: Optional[bool] = None) -
if not provider_dir and entry_point is None:
logger.debug("Memory provider '%s' not found in bundled, user plugins, or entry points", name)
return None
+ if provider_dir is not None and _explicitly_disabled(name, provider_dir):
+ # The Plugins hub / `hermes plugins disable` park a user-installed provider in
+ # ``plugins.disabled``; the loader must honour it or "disabled" is a lie in the UI.
+ logger.warning("Memory provider '%s' is disabled via plugins.disabled; run `hermes plugins enable %s` "
+ "or change memory.provider.", name, name)
+ return None
def _load(_dir):
if provider_dir:
@@ -421,6 +427,28 @@ def _get_active_memory_provider() -> Optional[str]:
return None
+def _explicitly_disabled(name: str, provider_dir: Path) -> bool:
+ """True when a NON-bundled provider is parked in ``plugins.disabled`` under any spelling the
+ plugin commands write: the provider name, its directory name or its manifest ``name:``."""
+ if _MEMORY_PLUGINS_DIR in provider_dir.parents:
+ return False
+ try:
+ from hermes_cli.config import load_config
+ disabled = cfg_get(load_config(), "plugins", "disabled")
+ except Exception:
+ return False
+ if not isinstance(disabled, list):
+ return False
+ names = {name, provider_dir.name}
+ try:
+ import yaml
+ with open(provider_dir / "plugin.yaml", encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:
+ names.add(str((yaml.safe_load(f) or {}).get("name") or ""))
+ except Exception:
+ pass
+ return bool(names & {v for v in disabled if isinstance(v, str)})
+
+
def _prune_inactive_memory_provider_skills(active_provider: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
"""Remove tracked skills that no longer belong to the active provider."""
if active_provider is None:
diff --git a/tui_gateway/methods_tools.py b/tui_gateway/methods_tools.py
index 6926240797..abb6dbb3bb 100644
--- a/tui_gateway/methods_tools.py
+++ b/tui_gateway/methods_tools.py
@@ -1446,12 +1446,11 @@ def _plugin_rows() -> list[dict]:
versions = cat.catalog_versions()
ref_pins = pc._read_install_metadata() # ``--ref`` installs: pinned_sha so the desktop can show the pin
out = []
+ active = pc._category_active_names()
for name, version, desc, source, _dir, key in sorted(pc._discover_all_plugins()):
- status = pc._plugin_status(name, enabled, disabled, key=key)
- # Bundled backends/platforms/providers run without an explicit enable: report the
- # truthful default instead of "not enabled" (reads as OFF).
- if status == "not enabled" and source == "bundled" and pc._bundled_default_on(_dir):
- status = "enabled"
+ # Bundled backends/platforms/providers and the live memory provider run without an explicit
+ # enable: _plugin_status reports the truthful default instead of "not enabled" (reads as OFF).
+ status = pc._plugin_status(name, enabled, disabled, key=key, source=source, dir_path=_dir, active=active)
# key = canonical registry key (names collide across category dirs); portable = Agent Plugins v1.
# ``has_desktop_half``: the package also ships a Desktop UI half (``desktop/plugin.js``). The
# desktop app pairs its app-level copy of that half with this row so one package is ONE row.
@@ -1481,8 +1480,10 @@ def _plugins_toggle(rid, params):
result = toggle(ident, enabled=bool(params.get("enable")))
if not result.get("ok"):
return _err(rid, 5026, result.get("error") or "toggle failed")
- row = next((r for r in _plugin_rows() if ident in (r["key"], r["name"])), None)
- return _ok(rid, {"ok": True, "unchanged": bool(result.get("unchanged")), "name": ident, "plugin": row})
+ # The toggle resolves a bare leaf / manifest name to the canonical key it wrote; report that key.
+ key = result.get("name") or ident
+ row = next((r for r in _plugin_rows() if key in (r["key"], r["name"])), None)
+ return _ok(rid, {"ok": True, "unchanged": bool(result.get("unchanged")), "name": key, "plugin": row})
def _plugins_install(rid, params):