# NousResearch/hermes-agent · launchd port-holder orphan handling during updates

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #121596: \[Bug\]: update kill/respawn fight on launchd-served fixed port (same-home variant): orphan re-orphaned every update, token-less impostor holds port for minutes
- PR #127277: fix(update): keep a launchd-owned port holder supervised through kickstart -k

These items concern a recurring conflict during updates where launchd-managed port-holder processes are incorrectly identified or left unsupervised, causing an orphaned process to re-acquire the port and hold it without a token for an extended period. The work focuses on attribution logic and keeping the port holder under launchd supervision across kickstart cycles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #121596: \[Bug\]: update kill/respawn fight on launchd-served fixed port (same-home variant): orphan re-orphaned every update, token-less impostor holds port for minutes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121784: fix(update): attribute launchd orphans by backend shape, not launcher spelling**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
- **#127277: fix(update): keep a launchd-owned port holder supervised through kickstart -k**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`

## Fix status

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