# NousResearch/hermes-agent · API server heartbeat and metrics publishing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where the API server stops publishing heartbeat signals and metrics after boot, causing dashboard freezes. Two fixes address publishing these signals after bind and on a regular interval.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122937. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122937 (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-122937`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #52323: API Server platform: heartbeat and metrics not published after boot — dashboard freezes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122937: fix(gateway): publish API server heartbeat and metrics after bind**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server_runs.py`, `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#122919: fix(api-server): publish gateway.status heartbeat + request metrics on interval**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `9d81deb0f3`, `#52323`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122937 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`