# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard lifecycle verbs routed to wrong profile

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug caused lifecycle actions (restart, stop, etc.) triggered from the dashboard or CLI to act on the sticky or served profile instead of the multiplexer. The members address identifying and fixing this misrouting.

## 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 #120143. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120143 (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-120143`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119886: Dashboard: restarting a served profile from a default-home dashboard restarts the sticky active_profile, not the multiplexer

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120143: fix: dashboard, tui-gateway and CLI lifecycle verbs act on the right profile (multiplexer, not the sticky/served one)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/sessions_repair_profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet_checkout.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_gateway.py`, `hermes_state_profile_repair.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_multiplex_served_record.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_sessions_repair_profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_pending.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_fast_session_scope.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_tui_gateway_server.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_config_set.py`
- **#119887: fix(dashboard): a served profile's lifecycle verbs reach the multiplexer (not the sticky profile, not a phantom own gateway)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `b9616fe1d1`, `#120143`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120143 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.