# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Scope dashboard stop to its own Hermes home

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where \`hermes dashboard --stop\` killed all Hermes dashboard/serve processes on the machine, not just those belonging to the caller's profile or HERMES_HOME. The fixes scope the stop behavior to only affect the relevant Hermes home's backend.

## 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 #114803. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #114803 (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-114803`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #113978: \[Bug\]: hermes dashboard --stop kills every hermes dashboard/serve on the machine, not just its own profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#114803: fix(dashboard): --stop and the update sweep stop only this home's backend, sparing foreign installs and the caller's shell (#113978, salvage #113982 #113994)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_lifecycle_flags.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_stop_spare_caller.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_resource_limits.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stale_pid_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#113982: fix(cli): scope dashboard stop to its Hermes home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `df82862b6d77`, `#114803`, `#113978`, `#113982`, `#113994`
- **#113991: fix(dashboard): scope --stop kills to the caller's HERMES_HOME**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `df82862b6d77`, `#114803`, `#113978`, `#113982`, `#113994`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #114803 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-18`.