# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Retry transient adapter start failures in gateway profiles

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where multiplexed profiles with transiently-failing adapter starts were parked rather than retried, and introduce a fix to retry them on the next reconcile cycle.

## 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 #117596. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117596 (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-117596`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117508: Multiplexed profile whose adapter start fails transiently is never retried

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117596: fix(gateway): multiplexed profile whose adapter start fails transiently is retried on the next reconcile (#117508, salvage #117509)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_hot_serve.py`
- **#117509: fix(gateway): retry transiently-failed profile starts instead of parking them scanned**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `9c873d7931`, `#117596`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117596 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-20`.