# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway shutdown notification spam controls and options

## Open now

- 2 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #32008: gateway: shutdown notices spam chats on reboot; duplicate LaunchAgent can cause --replace flap
- #60438: \[Bug\]: Gateway restart loop can spam home channel with thousands of shutdown notifications
- PR #20943: fix(gateway): scope restart interruption notices to active chats
- PR #57164: fix(gateway): skip home-channel shutdown broadcast when idle
- PR #60529: fix(gateway): suppress lifecycle pings during restart loops

These issues and PRs concern excessive or unwanted gateway shutdown/restart notifications flooding channels, with requests and fixes for suppressing, scoping, or customizing those notices under various conditions such as idle state, planned restarts, or rapid restart loops.

## TL;DR

- 10 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 3 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.16`: 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

- #32008: gateway: shutdown notices spam chats on reboot; duplicate LaunchAgent can cause --replace flap
- #60438: \[Bug\]: Gateway restart loop can spam home channel with thousands of shutdown notifications

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #20103: Feature Request: Add config option to suppress shutdown notifications when no active sessions exist
- #21871: Feature request: config option to suppress gateway shutdown/restart notifications
- #29846: Feature request: option to disable/customize gateway shutdown notification

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#33910: feat: add gateway.shutdown_notify config option to suppress restart notifications**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#26005`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#20943: fix(gateway): scope restart interruption notices to active chats**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/restart_test_helpers.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_resume_pending.py`
- **#32154: fix(gateway): suppress shutdown notice on planned --replace takeover (#32008)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#57164: fix(gateway): skip home-channel shutdown broadcast when idle**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#20126`, `#20943`, `#20103`, `#29846`, `#20943`
  - files: `README.md`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_shutdown.py`
- **#60529: fix(gateway): suppress lifecycle pings during restart loops**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`

## Fix status

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