# NousResearch/hermes-agent · fleet_restart_pending marker clearing bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items all address defects in the logic that retires or self-heals the fleet_restart_pending marker, covering cases where it was never cleared when gateways restarted outside the updater or already ran the expected SHA. The work also guards against foreign state-file writers being misread as current.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111371. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111371 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #106682: fix(update): fleet_restart_pending marker never cleared when gateways restart outside the updater

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111371: fix(update): fleet_restart_pending settles on a verified gateway serving the pulled sha; foreign state-file writers never read as current (#111272, #110420, salvage #110426 #105417)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/gateway/test_control_socket.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_fleet_matrix_down_state.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_pending.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_receipt.py`
- **#106690: fix(update): retire fleet_restart_pending when live gateways match expected_sha**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105417`, `#100249`, `#105417`
- **#106748: fix(update): retire fleet_restart_pending marker when live gateways match expected_sha**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105417`
- **#107139: fix(update): self-heal fleet_restart_pending marker when fleet already runs expected SHA**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `127214a66bb1`, `#111371`, `#105417`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111371 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`