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macOS launchd gateway restart double-start and proposed kickstart changes

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2 open items. Fix attempted, not merged.

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1open issue
1open PR
3items grouped
Known?
Yes. 3 related items grouped here, 0 issues already closed.
Fix event
No fix has been merged to main. 1 PR closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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Still open
1 issue and 1 PR.

One issue reports that on macOS 26+ restarting the Hermes gateway can start it twice, attributing this to launchctl kickstart -k racing with KeepAlive. Two pull requests propose different changes to the restart logic: one uses bootout plus kickstart, the other removes the -k flag.

Open issues1

  • Issue#42446hermes gateway restart triggers double gateway start on macOS 26+ due to launchctl kickstart -k racing with KeepAlive

Open PRs1

  • PR#42450fix(gateway): remove -k flag from kickstart in launchd_restart to prevent double-spawn

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: other 1

  • #42590 fix(gateway): use bootout+kickstart to prevent double start (#42446) · other
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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