# NousResearch/hermes-agent · launchd plist reload failure handling on macOS

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug where launchd plist refresh incorrectly reports success despite launchctl failures, and introduce fixes to surface errors and retry on transient bootstrap failures.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #109185. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #109185 (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-109185`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #12866: \[Bug\]: launchd plist refresh reports success even when launchctl reload fails

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#109185: fix(gateway): service repair no longer claims success it can't deliver (#12866, #12863; salvage #68493, #12989)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_linger.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_launchd_refresh_reporting.py`
- **#12882: fix(gateway): surface launchctl bootstrap failures in refresh_launchd_plist_if_needed**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #109185 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`