# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway startup after deleted Bot Chat tombstones expire

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members center on gateway startup behavior after a Bot Chat is deleted and its tombstones expire. One issue reports a storage_unavailable error at startup about a week after deletion, and two pull requests with identical titles propose keeping the gateway booting in that situation. Titles alone do not show whether the fix works or has been merged.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #140232. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #140232 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #140018: Gateway stops starting about a week after a Bot Chat is deleted (storage_unavailable at startup)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#140232: fix(gateway): keep booting after a deleted Bot Chat's tombstones expire**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/AGENTS.md`, `gateway/parked_route_refusal.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_authority_runs.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_openai_routes.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_response_admissions.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_room_dispatch.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/platforms/webhook.py`, `gateway/platforms/webhook_coalesce.py`, `gateway/platforms/webhook_delivery.py`, `gateway/platforms/webhook_ingress.py`, `gateway/profile_routing.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `gateway/run_profile_reconcile.py`, `gateway/run_runtime.py`, `gateway/run_startup.py`, `gateway/run_voice.py` (+33 more)
- **#140019: fix(gateway): keep booting after a deleted Bot Chat's tombstones expire**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `8ce2a4f876`, `#140232`, `#140565`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #140232 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-17`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`