# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway watchdog stall reported as degraded not running

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #114778. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114778 (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-114778`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113372: Bug: gateway event loop stops silently while gateway_state.json still reports "running" — housekeeping, cron and embedded kanban dispatcher all freeze

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#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 · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#113386: fix(gateway): mark loop watchdog stalls degraded**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `f96258d4818b`, `#114778`, `#113372`, `#113513`, `#113386`
- **#113513: fix(gateway): publish watchdog degradation before exit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f96258d4818b`, `#114778`, `#113372`, `#113513`, `#113386`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114778 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.