# NousResearch/hermes-agent · isolated serve wrongly claims host rendezvous record

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #120165: \[Bug\]: a supervised \`hermes serve --isolated\` wins the host rendezvous record and permanently blocks a supervised \`hermes dashboard\` — \`--isolated\` gates attach but not claim, \`Refusing to start\` (exit 1)
- PR #120188: fix(rendezvous): let dashboard start beside isolated serve
- PR #124771: fix(cli): stop an --isolated backend from claiming the host record

A bug where \`hermes serve --isolated\` claims the host rendezvous record and blocks \`hermes dashboard\` from starting, plus two corresponding fixes to prevent isolated backends from claiming that record.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #120165: \[Bug\]: a supervised \`hermes serve --isolated\` wins the host rendezvous record and permanently blocks a supervised \`hermes dashboard\` — \`--isolated\` gates attach but not claim, \`Refusing to start\` (exit 1)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120188: fix(rendezvous): let dashboard start beside isolated serve**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_isolated_host_publication.py`
- **#124771: fix(cli): stop an --isolated backend from claiming the host record**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#120165`, `#119644`, `#119644`, `#120165`, `#119644`
  - files: `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`