# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway warm-up for provider context metadata

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern the gateway performing provider context and model metadata discovery during startup warm-up, rather than deferring that work to the first inbound turn. The work involves priming or pre-loading model catalog information before any requests arrive.

## 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 #115816. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115816 (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-115816`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #105986: Gateway warm-up leaves provider context discovery on first inbound turn

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115816: perf(gateway): first inbound turn no longer waits on the model-catalog lookup (#105986, salvage #105994)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_model_context_warmup.py`
- **#105994: fix(gateway): prime provider context metadata during startup warm-up**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `614f11d3f6a0`, `#115816`, `#105986`, `#105994`
- **#105999: perf(gateway): warm model metadata before the first inbound turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `4f9434db00df3167ce85aecf3ac1c9a2de02898c`, `b2aa855b626ff8688eb34b95c60ee8b6a4af3679`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115816 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.