# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway hash-suffix units not credited during restart reconciliation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #110238: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` leaves fleet_restart_pending + prints false "never touched" warning when the systemd gateway unit name carries a hash suffix
- PR #110254: fix(update): stop custom-home gateways from leaving restart pending
- PR #110256: fix(update): credit hash-suffixed gateway units in restart reconciliation

These issues and fixes address a bug where systemd gateway units with hash suffixes are not recognized during update reconciliation, causing false 'never touched' warnings and persistent fleet_restart_pending state. Multiple related cases are covered, including custom-home and default-profile gateways.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #110238: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` leaves fleet_restart_pending + prints false "never touched" warning when the systemd gateway unit name carries a hash suffix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110254: fix(update): stop custom-home gateways from leaving restart pending**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#110256`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restart_plan_reconciliation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_inventory.py`
- **#110256: fix(update): credit hash-suffixed gateway units in restart reconciliation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_restart_plan_reconciliation.py`
- **#111066: fix(update): credit hashed gateway unit for default profile (#110238)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#110250`, `#110238`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`