# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway model connection error state classification fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the gateway incorrectly labels reset or cause-free API connection errors as 'not running' or 'unreachable', and work to distinguish between interrupted, unreachable, and ambiguous connection states.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116438. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116438 (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-116438`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #116323: \[Bug\]: Gateway classifies reset and cause-free APIConnectionError as endpoint not running/unreachable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116438: Gateway chat reply no longer calls a reset model connection 'not running' (#116323, salvage #109701)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/11388531+Lei-k@users.noreply.github.com`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_local_model_connection_reply.py`, `website/docs/reference/faq.md`
- **#116394: fix(gateway): distinguish interrupted, unreachable and ambiguous model connections (#116323)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `30de041b01`, `#116438`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116438 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.