# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Expose queue depth/status as public gateway API

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #28555: feat(gateway): expose queue depth/status API for busy_input_mode queue
- PR #28586: feat(gateway): expose get_queue_depth and get_queue_status public API

These items add public API methods to the gateway for retrieving queue depth and status information. The work appears focused on making internal queue metrics accessible externally, including support for busy_input_mode queues.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #28555: feat(gateway): expose queue depth/status API for busy_input_mode queue

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28567: feat(gateway): expose queue depth API (#28555)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#28586`, `#28555`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#28586: feat(gateway): expose get_queue_depth and get_queue_status public API**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `9822170b19`, `#28567`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_queue_depth_api.py`

## Fix status

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