# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding timestamps to gateway error log lines

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests concern the absence of timestamps in gateway error logs (stderr and launchd), and proposed fixes or features to add consistent timestamping across log output and related CLI/TUI/desktop display settings.

## 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 #86783. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86783 (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-86783`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #58674: \[Bug\]: per-profile gateway.error.log lines have no timestamps — stderr incidents cannot be dated

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59132: fix: add timestamps to gateway error log lines (stderr handler)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#58674`, `#59137`
- **#86783: feat(display): timestamps QoL — one display.timestamps key across CLI/TUI/desktop + unconditional log-line stamps (salvages #54690 #70487 #83764 #82840 #84508 #59137)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `agent/codex_runtime.py`, `agent/conversation_compression.py`, `agent/conversation_loop.py`, `agent/message_metadata.py`, `agent/message_sanitization.py`, `agent/model_metadata.py`, `agent/tool_dispatch_helpers.py`, `agent/turn_context.py`, `agent/turn_finalizer.py`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-log-line.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/desktop-log-line.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/sidebar/session-row.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-hermes-config.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/gateway-event.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/index.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stale-pending-settle.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-message-stream/stream-flush.test.tsx` (+63 more)
- **#59137: fix(gateway): timestamp gateway stderr and launchd error logs**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86783`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86783 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`