# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard backend unreachability detection and error handling

## Open now

- 2 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #50270: \[Bug\]: Dashboard sidebar keeps showing 'Gateway Status: Running' after backend dies
- #53719: fetchJSON swallows network failures with generic TypeError; should throw structured DASHBOARD_UNREACHABLE error
- PR #50290: fix(web): warn when dashboard backend is unreachable
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These members address the failure to detect and surface when the dashboard backend is unreachable, covering a swallowed network error in fetchJSON, a stale 'Running' status shown in the sidebar, and a fix to warn users when the backend cannot be reached.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

## Open related issues

- #50270: \[Bug\]: Dashboard sidebar keeps showing 'Gateway Status: Running' after backend dies
- #53719: fetchJSON swallows network failures with generic TypeError; should throw structured DASHBOARD_UNREACHABLE error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#50290: fix(web): warn when dashboard backend is unreachable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `afebc6c31`
  - files: `scripts/release.py`, `web/src/App.tsx`, `web/src/components/DashboardOfflineBanner.tsx`, `web/src/components/SidebarFooter.tsx`, `web/src/components/SidebarStatusStrip.tsx`, `web/src/hooks/useSidebarStatus.test.ts`, `web/src/hooks/useSidebarStatus.ts`, `web/src/i18n/en.ts`, `web/src/i18n/types.ts`

## Fix status

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