# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI command aliases and stale reference corrections

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #68247: \[Bug\]: invalid commands hermes stop hermes start
- PR #96892: fix(cli): add hermes start/stop/restart root aliases for gateway (#68247) (salvage of #68481)

A bug was reported that 'hermes stop'/'hermes start' were invalid commands, prompting work to add them as gateway aliases and correct outdated command references in user-facing messages and migration recommendations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68247: \[Bug\]: invalid commands hermes stop hermes start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#68481: fix(cli): add hermes start/stop/restart aliases for gateway**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96892`, `#68247`
- **#69375: feat(cli): add 'hermes stop'/'hermes start' as gateway aliases (#68247)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#68481`, `#68247`
- **#96892: fix(cli): add hermes start/stop/restart root aliases for gateway (#68247) (salvage of #68481)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_lifecycle_root_aliases_68247.py`

## Fix status

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