# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway systemd reload documentation clarification

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address documentation around what 'systemctl reload' does for the gateway, specifically clarifying that it performs a graceful restart. The work includes both documentation updates and related logging language.

## 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 #117617. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117617 (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-117617`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117267: docs(gateway): clarify that systemd reload performs a graceful restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117617: docs(gateway): systemctl reload is documented and logged as a graceful restart (#117267, salvage #117273)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_reload_signal_logs_graceful_restart.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#117273: docs(gateway): clarify systemd reload semantics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `299401c0ac`, `#117617`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117617 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.