# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hot-reload crashes and stream fragmentation fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address AttributeError crashes caused by hot-reload race conditions in stream_consumer.py and related gateway fixes for surviving hot-reloaded adapters and preventing tool-boundary preambles from fragmenting progress streams.

## 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 #121694. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121694 (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-121694`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #72628: \[Bug\]: Hot-reload race condition — lazy import of stream_consumer.py crashes with AttributeError after git pull

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121694: fix(gateway): survive hot-reloaded adapters and stop tool-boundary preambles fragmenting progress (#72628, #99026)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/stream_consumer.py`, `gateway/stream_consumer_transport.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer_draft.py`, `tests/gateway/test_stream_consumer_hot_reload.py`
- **#72629: fix(stream_consumer): guard message_len_fn_for_chat against hot-reload AttributeError after git pull**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d7621e2af0a4`, `#72628`, `#72629`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121694 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-24`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`