# NousResearch/hermes-agent · launchd-supervised process handling during updates

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #116536: fix(update): classify launchd-owned serve/dashboard rows as launchd, not manual-serve

These items address how the update process identifies and restarts launchd-supervised hermes dashboard and serve processes, distinguishing them from manually started ones. The work involves correctly classifying and restarting such processes through launchd rather than treating them as manual instances.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #116717. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #116717 (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-116717`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #116503: hermes update: a launchd-supervised \`hermes dashboard\` is left on pre-update code (macOS)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#116717: fix(update): a launchd-supervised \`hermes dashboard\`/\`serve\` is restarted through launchd, not reported as manual (#116503, salvage #116536)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_abort_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_manual_serve_deferral.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_runtime_inventory.py`
- **#116536: fix(update): classify launchd-owned serve/dashboard rows as launchd, not manual-serve**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127204`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_launchd_plist_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_serve_runtime_inventory.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stale_pid_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #116717 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`