# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway process restart and exit loop issues

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to problematic restart behavior in the gateway component, including unexpected SystemExit codes and slow redelivery loops. Both a bug report and fixes targeting restart loop conditions are represented.

## 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 #67895. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #67895 (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-67895`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #67505: \[Bug\]: gateway run exits with SystemExit code 75 when no TTY is attached, causing a systemd restart loop (reproduced on two independent fresh installs)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#67895: fix(gateway): stop slow restart redelivery loops**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_redelivery_dedup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`
- **#67541: fix(gateway): stop slow restart redelivery loops**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67895`, `#67505`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #67895 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-20`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`