# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Local runtime watchdog unbounded restart loop fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #129338: \[Bug\]: Local runtime watchdog restarts llama-server forever, even after local_runtime.enabled is turned off or another process takes its port
- PR #129342: fix(local-runtime): bound watchdog restarts
- PR #129343: fix(local-runtime): stop the router watchdog from restarting forever

A bug where the local runtime watchdog would restart llama-server indefinitely, even when disabled or the port was taken, prompted fixes to bound or stop the restart behavior.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129338: \[Bug\]: Local runtime watchdog restarts llama-server forever, even after local_runtime.enabled is turned off or another process takes its port

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129342: fix(local-runtime): bound watchdog restarts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/local_runtime/bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime_recovery.py`
- **#129343: fix(local-runtime): stop the router watchdog from restarting forever**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#129338`
  - files: `hermes_cli/local_runtime/bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/local_runtime/supervisor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime_watchdog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime_watchdog_lifecycle.py`

## Fix status

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