# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP config watcher retry behavior on reload errors

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #14716: MCP config watcher records failed reloads as applied and stops retrying
- PR #14855: fix(cli): retry MCP config reload after failed apply

These members address a bug where the MCP config watcher incorrectly records unsuccessful reloads as successfully applied, causing it to stop retrying. The correction ensures unsuccessful reloads are not marked as applied so retries can continue.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #14716: MCP config watcher records failed reloads as applied and stops retrying

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14745: fix(cli): MCP config watcher retries after failed reload (#14716)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#14855: fix(cli): retry MCP config reload after failed apply**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#14716`, `#14745`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_mcp_config_watch.py`

## Fix status

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