# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway secondary profile adapters skipped at boot, retry/reconnect

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137268: \[Bug\]: a multiplex secondary profile's platform is skipped for the life of the process when _create_adapter() returns None at boot — no retry, no re-arm, no reason logged
- PR #137273: fix(gateway): retry unavailable secondary plugin adapters
- PR #137404: fix(gateway): queue a secondary profile's adapter-less platform for reconnect

Three related items concern a multiplex secondary profile's platform being skipped when _create_adapter() returns None at boot, with two fixes proposing to queue or retry the unavailable adapter for reconnect. The bug report also mentions no re-arm and no logged reason.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137268: \[Bug\]: a multiplex secondary profile's platform is skipped for the life of the process when _create_adapter() returns None at boot — no retry, no re-arm, no reason logged

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137273: fix(gateway): retry unavailable secondary plugin adapters**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_adapter_registry.py`
- **#137404: fix(gateway): queue a secondary profile's adapter-less platform for reconnect**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3ba957f9ff`, `9f63a6fe5c`, `ff2d02f998`, `ff2d02f998f9`, `#137268`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_adapters_recovery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_multiplex_adapter_registry.py`

## Fix status

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