# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway standalone host and exit 78 parking fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in gateway behavior around standalone host ownership, fleet rendezvous exclusion, and a specific exit 78 condition that prevents units from parking or restarting correctly. The changes appear focused on correcting host lock and parking logic in fleet update flows.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #118597. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118597 (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-118597`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118282: \[Bug\]: /update fleet restart: first profile claims host lock, default Telegram exits 78 and the rest of the bots stay down

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118236: fix(gateway): a standalone host owner means START, not a parked unit**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/host_attach.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_attach_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_host_verbs.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/gateway-internals.md`
- **#118597: hermes update repairs a system gateway unit that cannot park on exit 78 (#118282)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_attach_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_unit_client_budget.py`
- **#118291: fix(gateway): keep standalone fleets off host rendezvous**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `804cc3c0215c0ee98ed1fea140341bb52ca98049`, `bb359ec5c1d5da6a66f00ee11f0ad7a86defaee2`, `#118236`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118597 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.