# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway memory monitor heartbeat not being started

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #49773: memory_monitor heartbeat never starts — start_memory_monitoring() not called from gateway runtime (v0.17.0)
- PR #49782: fix(gateway): call start_memory_monitoring() from start_gateway()
- PR #49789: fix(gateway): start memory monitor heartbeat from runtime (#49773)

A bug where start_memory_monitoring() was never called from the gateway runtime, preventing the memory monitor heartbeat from running. Multiple fixes and a related periodic memory logging feature address this gap.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #49773: memory_monitor heartbeat never starts — start_memory_monitoring() not called from gateway runtime (v0.17.0)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#49782: fix(gateway): call start_memory_monitoring() from start_gateway()**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`; refs `6366fb9c8`, `51c68d4ab`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_memory_monitor.py`
- **#49789: fix(gateway): start memory monitor heartbeat from runtime (#49773)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `dc3d0fe14`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/gateway/test_memory_monitor_runtime.py`
- **#49837: fix(gateway): start the \[MEMORY\] heartbeat from the gateway runtime (#49773)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `a481ab0f2`

## Fix status

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