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Gateway watchdog stall reported as degraded not running

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #114778 on 18 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #114778. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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These issues and fixes address the gateway event loop stalling or being killed by the watchdog while gateway_state.json and status commands incorrectly report it as still running. The changes ensure degraded state is published before exit and reflected accurately in status reporting.

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  • #114778 fix(cron): gateway_state.json and `hermes gateway status` report a watchdog-killed event loop as degraded, not running (#113372, salvage #113513, #113386)

    merged to main

    files: apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts, gateway/run.py, gateway/shutdown_watchdog.py, gateway/status.py, hermes_cli/gateway.py, hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py, tests/gateway/test_loop_liveness_watchdog.py, tests/gateway/test_status.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_runtime_health.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_web_status_watchdog_surfaces.py, web/src/components/SidebarStatusStrip.tsx, web/src/i18n/en.ts, web/src/i18n/types.ts, web/src/lib/api.ts, web/src/lib/shared-gateway.ts, website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #113386 fix(gateway): mark loop watchdog stalls degraded · superseded by another PR → f96258d, #114778, #113372, #113513, #113386
  • #113513 fix(gateway): publish watchdog degradation before exit · merged via another change → f96258d, #114778, #113372, #113513, #113386
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#113372Bug: gateway event loop stops silently while gateway_state.json still reports "running" — housekeeping, cron and embedded kanban dispatcher all freeze
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  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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18 Sep 2026

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