# NousResearch/hermes-agent · SO_KEEPALIVE rejection causing connection failures

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123327: Webhook server rejects every connection: setsockopt SO_KEEPALIVE invalid argument (errno 22) on macOS
- PR #126010: fix(gateway): stop a rejected SO_KEEPALIVE from closing every connection

A kernel or OS error when setting SO_KEEPALIVE on sockets was incorrectly causing all connections to be dropped. Fixes were applied to both the gateway and webhook server to tolerate environments that reject this socket option.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123327: Webhook server rejects every connection: setsockopt SO_KEEPALIVE invalid argument (errno 22) on macOS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123854: fix(webhook): tolerate kernels that reject SO_KEEPALIVE on accepted sockets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#126010: fix(gateway): stop a rejected SO_KEEPALIVE from closing every connection**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123327`, `#123854`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/tcp_site.py`, `tests/gateway/test_tcp_site_keepalive.py`

## Fix status

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