# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway startup warning blocking event loop bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the gateway's warm-up gate-release warning blocks the event loop on a contended logging handler lock, causing exit 75, along with related fix attempts to offload or move that warning off the event loop.

## 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 #116690. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116690 (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-116690`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115516: \[Bug\]: Gateway exits 75 when the startup warm-up warning blocks the event loop on a contended logging handler lock

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116690: fix(gateway): warm-up gate-release warning no longer parks the event loop (exit 75) (#115516, salvage #115518)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_startup.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_warmup_logger_offloop.py`
- **#115518: fix(gateway): keep the warm-up gate-release warning off the event loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `c00071bac4cf`, `#116690`, `#115516`, `#115518`
- **#115519: fix(gateway): offload startup gate-release warning via asyncio.to_thread**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#115518`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116690 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.