# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update leaves stale serve runtimes running old code

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A successful \`hermes update\` incorrectly credits or ignores unmanaged serve runtimes still running pre-update code, causing cron job ImportErrors. The associated fixes address how the update command handles, warns about, and restarts these surviving runtimes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #100928. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #100928 (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-100928`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #100479: \[Bug\]: A *successful* \`hermes update\` leaves non-unit \`serve\` runtimes on pre-update code — and because they run cron tickers, every agent-mode cron job then fails with ImportError

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#100928: fix(update): a successful update no longer credits or ignores surviving unmanaged serve runtimes (#100479, salvage #100490 + #100493)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restart_plan_reconciliation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_pending.py`
- **#100490: fix(update): stop crediting unmanaged serve runtimes with a gateway's restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2b7132c8e5`, `#100928`
- **#100493: fix(update): warn surviving pre-update serve and dashboard runtimes on success (#100479)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2b7132c8e5`, `#100928`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #100928 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.