# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP reload via control socket or signal

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #110976: Feature request: expose MCP reload via signal or control-socket (no chat message needed)
- PR #110992: feat(gateway): reload mcp from the control socket

These items discuss adding the ability to trigger an MCP reload through a control socket or signal, without requiring a chat message. The group covers a feature request and two related implementation efforts around this mechanism.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #110976: Feature request: expose MCP reload via signal or control-socket (no chat message needed)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110980: feat(gateway): reload MCP via control socket**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#110976`, `#110992`
- **#110992: feat(gateway): reload mcp from the control socket**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0d7afb0423`
  - files: `gateway/control_socket.py`, `gateway/run_bootstrap.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_control_socket_pause.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_mcp_discovery.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_reload_mcp_control.py`

## Fix status

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