# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway pid file loss and multiplexer session state

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a scenario where a missing gateway pid file causes loss of served-profile status and multiplexer liveness. Related work covers how multiplexed profiles maintain their own sessions, MCP identities, and served-profile state across that condition.

## 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 #110271. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110271 (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-110271`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110166: gateway: served-profile status is lost when gateway.pid is missing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110271: Multiplexed profiles keep their own sessions, MCP identities and served-profile status (post-merge reviews on #108294/#108352; salvage #109428 #109434 #109483 #110167 #109930)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_notifications.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `gateway/session_recovery.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_multiplex_served.py`, `hermes_cli/goals.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/mcp.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_adapter_registry.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_lifecycle.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_mcp_discovery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_secondary_port_binding_env.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_session_db_profile_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_multiplex.py` (+18 more)
- **#110167: fix(gateway): keep multiplexer liveness when the gateway pid file is missing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `6636b0896c77`, `52dbe0a7cd87`, `9188e708b314`, `#110271`, `#108352`, `#110166`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110271 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.