# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart deadlock with external supervisor fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #110652: fix(cli): hand externally-supervised gateways back to their supervisor on restart

A deadlock occurs when restarting a gateway that is managed by an external supervisor such as launchd with KeepAlive. The fix ensures the gateway is handed back to its supervisor on restart rather than becoming wedged.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #111387. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111387 (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-111387`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110637: gateway restart deadlocks against an externally-supervised gateway (launchd KeepAlive + --external-supervisor)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111387: fix(gateway): restart hands an externally-supervised gateway back to its supervisor instead of wedging it (#110637, salvage #110652)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/AGENTS.md`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_supervised_restart.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_external_supervisor.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#110652: fix(cli): hand externally-supervised gateways back to their supervisor on restart**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8c286af7ef`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_external_supervisor.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111387 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-15`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`