# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway keepalive config ignores zero value

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #126052: \[Bug\]: HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 falls back to the default (10), no way to disable keepalive
- PR #126057: fix(gateway): honor HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 as keepalive off

A bug where setting HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 falls back to the default of 10 instead of disabling keepalive. Related items address this misconfiguration handling in the gateway.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #126052: \[Bug\]: HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 falls back to the default (10), no way to disable keepalive

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126057: fix(gateway): honor HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 as keepalive off**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ebba5b795a`, `#126052`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/_http_client_limits.py`, `tests/gateway/test_platform_http_client_limits.py`
- **#127675: fix(gateway): honor HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 to disable keepalive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#130404: fix(gateway): allow HERMES_GATEWAY_HTTPX_MAX_KEEPALIVE=0 to disable keepalive**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#126057`, `#126052`

## Fix status

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