# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway module warmup blocking startup event loop

## Open now

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A startup delay of 15–22 seconds on Windows caused by _warm_gateway_module() import stalling the event loop, with fixes applied to both desktop and web-server to move the warmup import before the lifespan yield.

## 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 #73907. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73907 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #73083: Desktop startup fails with GIL stall on Windows — _warm_gateway_module() import blocks event loop 15-22s

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73907: fix(desktop): raise probe timeout + sync warmup import before lifespan yield (#72632)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/backend-probes.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/electron/backend-probes.ts`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_boot_handshake.py`
- **#73291: fix(web-server): absorb _warm_gateway_module import before lifespan yield (#73083)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73907`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73907 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-29`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`