# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord liveness watchdog socket-closed strike fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address bugs in the Discord liveness watchdog where a socket_closed strike could cause the watchdog to stop functioning silently, fail to escalate, or fail to trigger a reconnect. The work focuses on improving strike handling and reconnection behavior.

## 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 #118919. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #118919 (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-118919`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #118487: \[Bug\]: Discord liveness watchdog dies after first socket_closed strike (1/2) — adapter zombie, no reconnect, no fatal

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#118919: fix(discord): reconnect on the first closed-transport liveness sample**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/47825603+kokhlo@users.noreply.github.com`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_liveness.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/discord.md`
- **#118498: fix(discord): escalate the first socket_closed liveness strike**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118487`
- **#118504: fix(discord): keep the liveness watchdog from dying silently between strikes (#118487)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#118498`, `#118487`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #118919 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-22`.