# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Restart backends reliably after remote update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests address cases where updating a remote backend stops or kills the process without properly restarting it, covering supervised, manually-started, and systemd-managed backends.

## 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 #72192. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #72192 (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-72192`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68934: Remote backend update can stop hermes serve without restarting it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#72192: fix(update): restart supervised and manually-started backends after update**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#69029: fix(update): restart systemd-supervised remote backends after killing stale processes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `d1f376006a`, `#72192`
- **#69046: fix(serve): restart-friendly exit after update stops a supervised backend**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#72192`, `#68934`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #72192 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-26`.