# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway retries enabled relay lacking a relay URL

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #139997: \[Bug\]: Gateway retries an enabled relay that has no relay URL forever (the reconnect watcher treats it as a plugin that may still load)
- PR #140001: fix(gateway): stop retrying relay without a URL
- PR #140003: fix(gateway): stop retrying an enabled relay that has no relay url

The members describe one theme: the gateway's reconnect behavior for an enabled relay that has no relay URL configured. The bug report says it retries indefinitely, apparently treating it as a plugin that may still load, and two pull requests propose stopping those retries.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #139997: \[Bug\]: Gateway retries an enabled relay that has no relay URL forever (the reconnect watcher treats it as a plugin that may still load)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140001: fix(gateway): stop retrying relay without a URL**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_failed_platform_reports_degraded.py`
- **#140003: fix(gateway): stop retrying an enabled relay that has no relay url**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `tests/gateway/test_startup_failed_platform_reports_degraded.py`

## Fix status

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