# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway busy-event hot-loop and log flooding fix

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #123259: fix(gateway): back off a re-queued event instead of hot-looping the adapter drain

A bug was identified where a busy-demoted gateway event causes the adapter drain to hot-loop at ~250 iterations per second, flooding logs and opening repeated Discord connections. The associated fixes introduce backoff behavior for re-queued events to prevent the loop.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #125059. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125059 (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-125059`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123229: \[Bug\]: Gateway: busy-demoted event hot-loops through the adapter drain (~250/s), flooding logs and opening a new discord.com connection per iteration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125059: fix(gateway): back off a busy re-queued event instead of hot-looping the adapter drain**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_requeue_hot_loop.py`
- **#123259: fix(gateway): back off a re-queued event instead of hot-looping the adapter drain**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/event.py`, `tests/gateway/test_busy_requeue_hot_loop.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125059 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`