# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP startup summary missing failing server details

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the MCP startup summary reported only counts of failing servers without naming them or their error reasons. Multiple fix attempts address logging the specific server names and connect errors in the summary.

## 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 #116997. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116997 (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-116997`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #114746: \[Bug\]: MCP startup summary reports only counts — failing server names and reasons are never logged

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116997: fix(mcp): startup summary names every failed server with its connect error (#114746, slim redo of #114794 #114872)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_startup_summary_names_failures.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_discovery.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/mcp.md`
- **#114794: fix(mcp): name failing servers and reasons in the discovery summary**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e6bb65aa2fc8`, `#116997`, `#114746`, `#114794`, `#114872`
- **#114872: fix(mcp): name the failing servers in the startup summary, with their reasons**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e6bb65aa2fc8`, `#116997`, `#114746`, `#114794`, `#114872`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116997 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.