# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS launchd gateway restart after update, liveness verification

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #53861: macOS: gateway stays down after update — launchd defers respawn in on-demand-only mode, update flow doesn't verify restart

Members describe reports of the gateway staying down on macOS after an update, tied to launchd deferring respawn, along with pull requests proposing checks that the service is alive after restart. One report also mentions the desktop app not relaunching. The titles show proposed changes but do not establish whether they are merged or effective.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #53861: macOS: gateway stays down after update — launchd defers respawn in on-demand-only mode, update flow doesn't verify restart

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #62128: \[Bug\]: macOS launchd: post-update gateway restart left service dead (respawn pended) and desktop app never relaunched itself

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53869: fix(cli): verify gateway liveness after macOS launchd restart (#53861)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `1bf93660f1`, `bee489d563`, `#88848`, `#74973`, `#53861`, `#99685`
- **#72752: fix(gateway): verify launchd service survivability after restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1bf93660f1d`, `ac2e4207c11`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`