# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway status command blocking and slow diagnostics

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Most members concern the \`hermes gateway status\` command, including reports of it blocking for minutes in a pending-tail state and changes aimed at keeping the diagnostic fast. One related member covers Desktop and TUI connecting to, starting, restarting and authenticating with the gateway, which is a looser adjacent theme.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #139661. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139661 (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-139661`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #139133: hermes gateway status blocks for minutes in a pending-tail state, and the Desktop error recommends it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139661: fix(gateway): Desktop and TUI can reach, start, restart and authenticate to the one gateway again (#139574, package 6)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway-stale-restart-owner.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/local-gateway.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/updater-process.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-create-options.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-producer-contract.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/api/canonical-protocol.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot-profile-pick.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/gateway/hooks/use-gateway-boot.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/profile.ts`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/drain_control.py`, `gateway/run_api.py`, `gateway/run_bootstrap.py`, `gateway/run_runtime.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `gateway/runtime_bootstrap_windows.py` (+39 more)
- **#139175: fix(gateway): keep pending-tail status diagnostic fast**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `3a99ad6b67e`, `#139661`
- **#139627: fix(gateway): gateway status no longer blocks on a dependency sync; update treats a masked unit as an opt-out (GW-7, GW-8; salvage #139175)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#139661`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139661 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-16`.