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Repointing the two _load_config copies at load_config_readonly() dropped the except-Exception guards the old copies had. load_config_readonly runs ensure_hermes_home(), which can raise FileNotFoundError / HomeInitializationError, so decompose_task (promises ok=False) and /api/local-models/status (garnish that must render degraded) would raise / 500 instead. The guard is restored at both sites with the same breadth the old code had.