# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix standalone vs multiplexer gateway state misdetection

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #123870: fix(dashboard): don't re-key a standalone gateway record as a multiplexer

These issues and PRs address incorrect detection and display of standalone versus multiplexer gateway state across status, dashboard, update, and messaging badge components. A single-process standalone gateway was being misidentified or re-keyed as a multiplexer, causing misleading UI indicators.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #123869: Messaging badge reads "Restart needed" forever on a single-process standalone gateway (platforms projected as {})

## 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)
- **#123870: fix(dashboard): don't re-key a standalone gateway record as a multiplexer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d0288be5b`, `fa6c79dc8`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_served_profile_mirror_platforms.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: `gateway`