# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Dashboard orphaning bug during hermes update on non-systemd supervisors

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #73379: Bug: \`hermes update\` permanently orphans a non-systemd-supervised dashboard (respawn detaches; matcher also kills the supervisor)
- PR #73412: fix: skip supervisor wrappers in dashboard scan and respawn (#73379)
- PR #73420: fix(cli): don't orphan dashboard under non-systemd supervisors during update (#73379)
- PR #73489: fix(cli): prevent dashboard orphaning on non-systemd supervisors during hermes update

These issues and fixes address a bug where running 'hermes update' permanently orphans a dashboard process when it is managed by a non-systemd supervisor, due to respawn detaching and the matcher incorrectly killing the supervisor. The fixes involve skipping supervisor wrappers during dashboard scanning and respawning.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #73379: Bug: \`hermes update\` permanently orphans a non-systemd-supervised dashboard (respawn detaches; matcher also kills the supervisor)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73412: fix: skip supervisor wrappers in dashboard scan and respawn (#73379)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c64a4d75e5`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#73420: fix(cli): don't orphan dashboard under non-systemd supervisors during update (#73379)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c64a4d75e5dd9f6cc80eae9fbb822238da3d67b9`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#73489: fix(cli): prevent dashboard orphaning on non-systemd supervisors during hermes update**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c64a4d75e5`, `c64a4d75e5dd9f6cc80eae9fbb822238da3d67b9`, `d05e20db214b`, `#73379`, `#73412`, `#73420`, `#73489`, `#73412`, `#73412`, `#73420`, `#73420`, `#73489`, `#73489`, `#73420`, `#73420`, `#73412`, `#73489`, `#73420`, `#73379`, `#73420`, `#73420`, `#73420`, `#73412`, `#73420`, `#73489`, `#73420`, `#374151`, `#73379`, `#73412`, `#73420`, `#73489`
  - files: `agent/chat_completion_helpers.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`

## Fix status

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