# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Restart drain timeout preservation during updates

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #129947: hermes update restart kills an in-flight cron job: logs announce cap=1800s but the drain is capped by restart_drain_timeout (180s)
- PR #129957: fix(gateway): preserve planned restart drain budget

These items concern a bug where in-flight work (such as cron jobs) is cut short during updates because the actual drain timeout is capped lower than announced. The fixes address preserving the intended restart drain budget across gateway and Windows gateway restart paths.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129947: hermes update restart kills an in-flight cron job: logs announce cap=1800s but the drain is capped by restart_drain_timeout (180s)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129957: fix(gateway): preserve planned restart drain budget**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `70c033b54728cbd46ff468dd45fb72bc6d41e75c`, `5a2a300d99a156c6b286ba2376e7025015894eee`, `#129947`
  - files: `gateway/restart.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_launchd.py`, `tests/gateway/test_detached_restart_budget.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_after_turn.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_launchd_restart_refresh.py`
- **#130032: fix(update): preserve Windows gateway restart wait**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#44515`
- **#131155: Fix hermes update skipping deferral wait for cron jobs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `c77498f26cddba9b813cfb2e0a144d14ff06cbab`, `5bba024d8ddd388f56f354c1f789be825e3d8a3c`, `#131155`, `#129947`, `#475569`, `#172554`, `#82161`, `#77184`

## Fix status

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