# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cron worker shutdown and gateway restart opt-out

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #6702: fix: \`hermes update\` auto-restart kills in-process cron worker with no opt-out

These items address in-flight cron work being interrupted during shutdown and introduce an opt-out mechanism to skip automatic gateway restarts during updates.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #6702: fix: \`hermes update\` auto-restart kills in-process cron worker with no opt-out

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#6703: fix: add HERMES_SKIP_GATEWAY_RESTART env var to opt out of auto-restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#6740`
- **#6740: fix(update): allow skipping gateway auto-restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#6702`, `#6703`, `#7158`
- **#125767: fix(update): add --no-restart flag to defer the post-update gateway reload**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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