# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hermes update fleet restart reliability fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Bug reports and fixes addressing incomplete gateway restarts during Hermes updates, covering both systemctl timeout isolation on Linux and launchd profile gateway restart failures on macOS.

## 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 #69117. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69117 (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-69117`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68523: \[Bug\]: hermes update aborts remaining fleet restarts after one systemctl timeout, leaving gateways on mixed code

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69117: fix(update): isolate systemctl timeouts so fleet gateway restarts continue (#68523)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_timeout.py`
- **#69106: fix(update): reconcile fleet restarts**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69117 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-22`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`