# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway separate-checkout handling in hermes update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #117588. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117588 (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-117588`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #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

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117588: fix(update): gateways running a separate checkout no longer fail hermes update forever (#117449, salvage #117473)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_external_checkout.py`
- **#117473: fix(update): exempt gateways from separate checkouts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `40ac07e42e`, `#117588`
- **#117475: fix(update): ignore foreign checkout fleet rows**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `40ac07e42e`, `#117588`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117588 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.