# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway session state marking around drain and restart

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern how gateway sessions are marked (e.g., resume_pending) before or during drain, to reduce session loss when the gateway restarts or times out. Multiple approaches to pre-marking and auto-resuming sessions are represented.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #28576. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28576 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #27856: Gateway restart can lose long-running sessions during shutdown drain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28576: fix(gateway): pre-mark sessions resume_pending before drain (#28217)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`
- **#27831: fix(gateway): premark active sessions before drain**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#28576`, `#28217`, `#29188`
- **#28217: fix(gateway): pre-mark sessions as resume_pending before drain to pre…**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `e2a1a2bf13fedaf3012c6e5720e4b7dd8ce9d3a8`, `#28576`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28576 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.