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Gateway separate-checkout handling in hermes update

Cluster 117449. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #117588 on 20 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Known?
Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
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A fix was merged to main in PR #117588. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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The maintainers' tracker marks this resolved, deciding PR #117588. That is separate from the fix event.
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These items concern a bug where gateways running from a separate checkout caused hermes update to exit with an error, due to foreign code_sha being misclassified as STALE and fleet_restart_pending never clearing. The cluster covers the bug report and related fix attempts exempting or ignoring foreign checkout fleet rows.

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  • #117588 fix(update): gateways running a separate checkout no longer fail hermes update forever (#117449, salvage #117473)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py, hermes_cli/update_receipt.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_external_checkout.py

2 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1 · merged via another change 1

  • #117473 fix(update): exempt gateways from separate checkouts · merged via another change → 40ac07e, #117588
  • #117475 fix(update): ignore foreign checkout fleet rows · done elsewhere → 40ac07e, #117588
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#117449`hermes update` always exits 1 when a profile's gateway runs from a separate checkout — foreign code_sha classified STALE, fleet_restart_pending never discharges
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item 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.

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Merged PRs
#117588
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2 PRs closed without merging
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20 Sep 2026

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