# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hindsight embedded daemon startup and migration issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures when the Hindsight embedded daemon cannot start after a reboot due to stale PID files, along with related diagnostics and warnings. One item also covers Hindsight's migration to the plugin catalog.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #119888. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #119888 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #110838: Hindsight: stale pg0 pid after macOS reboot blocks embedded daemon restart (macOS sibling of #66718)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119888: hindsight moves to the plugin catalog (auto-migrated on first start / hermes update)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/workflows/tests-os.yml`, `.github/workflows/tests.yml`, `COMPAT_MANIFEST.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.es.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `Dockerfile`, `compat_manifest.json`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/memory_setup.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/memory.py`, `hermes_cli/tips.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_memory.py`, `nix/checks.nix`, `nix/hermes-agent.nix`, `nix/moduleCommon.nix`, `nix/packages.nix`, `plugins/AGENTS.md`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `plugins/memory/hindsight/README.md` (+30 more)
- **#110845: fix(hindsight): explain embedded memory startup failures after reboot**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9d799e0531c`, `4cbf862abe4`, `dc75038866a3966b5bf5c82ff57c7a758bb4070a`, `#119888`, `#38`
- **#110879: fix(hindsight): warn when daemon fails due to stale pg0 PID (#110838)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#110845`, `#110838`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #119888 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.