# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS launchd plist missing causes gateway failures

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #31218: fix(launchd): self-heal missing plist in launchd_restart()

These issues and fixes concern a scenario on macOS where a missing launchd plist causes gateway start or restart to fail with a bootstrap error. Proposed fixes involve self-healing by recreating or reloading the plist and booting out stale registrations before re-bootstrapping.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #31212: launchd_restart() fails with bootstrap failed: 5 when plist is missing
- #31224: \[Bug\]: launchd_restart() fails with bootstrap failed: 5 when plist is missing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#31218: fix(launchd): self-heal missing plist in launchd_restart()**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`

## Fix status

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