# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP parked server log flooding and probe fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused parked MCP servers to re-probe every turn and flood the error log with repeated failures. These issues and fixes address log verbosity, probe suppression, and related gateway housekeeping behavior.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116712. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116712 (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-116712`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #115713: \[Bug\]: parked MCP servers re-probe every turn and flood gateway.error.log with identical failures

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116712: fix(mcp): parked servers stop flooding the error log and honour enabled:false on the self-probe (#115713, #114738, salvage #114752 #115775)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_failure_classification.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_park_log_dedupe.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_no_browser.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_probe_skips_disabled.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_parked_self_probe.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_server_run.py`
- **#116744: Multiplexed gateway housekeeping runs per profile scope; parked MCP servers stop flooding the error log (#115713, #116700, salvage #115775)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `tests/gateway/test_housekeeping_profile_scope.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_park_log_dedupe.py`, `tools/mcp_tool.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_server_run.py`
- **#115775: fix(mcp): demote re-park lines to DEBUG while a server never revived**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `78b8669b69`, `#116744`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116712 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.