# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway heartbeat updates for idle state detection

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #32887: gateway: \`gateway_state.json\` heartbeat tick missing — WebUI cross-container liveness check fails for idle gateways
- PR #32958: fix(gateway): heartbeat runtime status while idle
- PR #33777: fix(gateway): add periodic heartbeat to gateway_state.json

These issues and PRs address missing or broken periodic heartbeat writes to gateway_state.json, which causes liveness checks in the WebUI to incorrectly report idle gateways as unresponsive across containers.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #32887: gateway: \`gateway_state.json\` heartbeat tick missing — WebUI cross-container liveness check fails for idle gateways

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32958: fix(gateway): heartbeat runtime status while idle**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/status_heartbeat.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_runner_startup_failures.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status_heartbeat.py`
- **#33777: fix(gateway): add periodic heartbeat to gateway_state.json**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_heartbeat_watcher.py`

## Fix status

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