# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway first-turn delay from environment probe startup

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a latency issue where the gateway waits on a local environment or Python toolchain probe before handling the first turn. The work involves probing or warming the environment earlier to avoid that delay.

## 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 #106556. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #106556 (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-106556`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #106064: Gateway first turn waits for local environment probe after startup warm-up

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106556: Gateway first turn no longer waits on the Python toolchain probe (#106064, salvage #106075)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_environment_probe.py`
- **#106075: fix(gateway): warm environment probe before the first turn**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `167448edca`, `#106556`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #106556 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.