# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes update fleet restart reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Bug reports and fixes addressing incomplete gateway restarts during Hermes updates, covering both systemctl timeout isolation on Linux and launchd profile gateway restart failures on macOS.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69117. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69117 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-69117,pr-91378`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.26`: 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

- #38053: \[Bug\]: macOS launchd: hermes update does not restart profile gateways
- #68523: \[Bug\]: hermes update aborts remaining fleet restarts after one systemctl timeout, leaving gateways on mixed code

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69117: fix(update): isolate systemctl timeouts so fleet gateway restarts continue (#68523)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_timeout.py`
- **#91378: fix(update): macOS sibling-profile gateways no longer stay on stale code — full launchd fleet restart (#38053/#73625, salvage #73627)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_proc_fallback.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_launchd_fleet_restart.py`
- **#19784: fix: restart all launchd profile gateways on hermes update (macOS)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91378`, `#73627`, `#73627`
- **#38627: fix(update): refresh stale launchd plists and restart all profile gateways on macOS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40867`
- **#69106: fix(update): reconcile fleet restarts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69117 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-21`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`