# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix stale standalone warning in multiplexing gateway

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #120997: fix(cli): verify gateway liveness before emitting recorded standalone warning

These issues and fixes address a false 'STANDALONE' warning emitted by the gateway when stale per-profile state files misrepresent a healthy multiplexing setup. The work involves suppressing or verifying liveness before trusting recorded gateway state.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126163. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126163 (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-126163`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120991: \[Bug\]: false "This gateway is STANDALONE" warning on a healthy multiplexing host, from a stale per-profile gateway_state.json

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126163: Gateway status, update, dashboard and served-profile guard stop lying about multiplex/standalone state (#120991 #125390 #123088 #123869 #121352 #120871 #124553, salvage #120997 #125397 #123106 #121574 #122169 #124669)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/host_attach.py`, `gateway/host_topology.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/cron.py`, `hermes_cli/dump.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_multiplex_mode.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_profile_lifecycle.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/messaging.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_attach_lifecycle.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_gateway_lock_refusal.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_topology.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dump_gateway_status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_multiplex_lifecycle.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_multiplex_mode.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_served_guard_ownership.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_served_profile_mirror_platforms.py` (+2 more)
- **#120995: fix(gateway): suppress stale profile standalone warning**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126163`, `#120991`
- **#120997: fix(cli): verify gateway liveness before emitting recorded standalone warning**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway_multiplex_mode.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_multiplex_mode.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126163 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`