# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clean Ctrl+C shutdown for hermes gateway CLI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where pressing Ctrl+C on the hermes gateway prints an unwanted KeyboardInterrupt traceback instead of exiting cleanly, along with several fixes addressing the suppression and handling of that interrupt while preserving SIGTERM failure behavior.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #17854. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #17854 (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-17854`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #17810: \[Bug\]: \`hermes gateway\` prints KeyboardInterrupt traceback on Ctrl+C instead of exiting cleanly

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#17854: fix: handle gateway Ctrl+C shutdown cleanly**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`
- **#17864: fix: catch KeyboardInterrupt in gateway for clean Ctrl+C exit**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#17817`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#17813: fix(gateway): Clean shutdown while preserving SIGTERM failure semantics**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#17817: fix(cli): suppress KeyboardInterrupt traceback on Ctrl+C gateway stop (#17810)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #17854 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-04-30`.