# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tests risk restarting live hermes-dashboard units via real systemctl

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #125988: tests: test_manual_deferral_survives_receipt_rotation calls the real systemctl and restarts a live hermes-dashboard unit
- PR #125996: test(guard): block mutating systemctl on dashboard/serve units too

The three members all concern tests that may invoke mutating systemctl commands against live hermes-dashboard (and related serve) units. They cover a guard to block such calls, a specific test that calls real systemctl, and fleet-verify update tests that restart a live unit; the titles do not indicate their current status.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125988: tests: test_manual_deferral_survives_receipt_rotation calls the real systemctl and restarts a live hermes-dashboard unit

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125996: test(guard): block mutating systemctl on dashboard/serve units too**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/_fixtures/live_system_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_manual_serve_deferral.py`, `tests/test_live_system_guard_self_test.py`
- **#137853: test(update): stop fleet-verify tests from restarting a live hermes-dashboard unit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e7610d4f96b72492ebd2ec602ef3a5802314e37b`

## Fix status

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