# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway health probe timeout causing status API hang

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where the /api/status endpoint hangs due to an uncapped HTTP gateway health probe timeout, with related fixes to cap that timeout on the dashboard. All members concern the same probe timeout issue.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #68661. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #68661 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57203: \[Bug\] /api/status hangs for 20s due to un-headended HTTP gateway probe timeout on systemd/local environments

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68661: fix(health): cap gateway probe timeout, report runtime version, count stopping runs**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/gateway/test_api_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server.py`
- **#57231: fix(dashboard): cap status gateway health probe**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68661`, `#57254`
- **#57254: fix(dashboard): cap gateway health probe timeout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68661`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #68661 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-21`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`