# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fleet update gateway identity verification bug fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the fleet-version state-file fallback could misclassify a live non-gateway writer as the current gateway is being addressed. Fixes ensure fleet restart pending logic only settles on a verified gateway serving the correct SHA.

## 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 #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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-111371`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110420: \[Bug\] Fleet-version state-file fallback can classify a live non-gateway writer as "current"

## 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`
  - files: `contributors/emails/back1992@users.noreply.github.com`, `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`
- **#110426: fix(update): verify fleet state fallback gateway identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#111371`

## Fix status

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