# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adapter status flags and reconnect state fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address stale or incorrect status/attention flags in messaging adapters, including a Discord fatal-status not clearing on reconnect and WhatsApp/Relay gateway reporting and needs_attention behavior. A third item also covers legacy config auto-migration for relay exporters.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111549. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111549 (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-111549`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #102554: Discord adapter never clears fatal status on reconnect — dashboard shows stale "Discord startup failed" indefinitely

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111549: Multiplex gateway: unserved WhatsApp/Relay secondaries are reported, needs_attention clears on connect, legacy Relay exporter vars auto-migrate to relay-plugins.toml (#102554, salvage #102557)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/relay_runtime.py`, `contributors/emails/sudhirpatil@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_config.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_multiplex_served.py`, `hermes_cli/relay_plugin_migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_connect.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_unserved_shared_ingress.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_relay_plugin_migrate.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/built-in-plugins.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md`
- **#102557: fix(discord): clear fatal status on successful reconnect**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `31cde4e6ae`, `#111549`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111549 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.