# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway orphan process cleanup on stop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where manually restarting the macOS gateway leaves orphan processes, causing message fan-out issues. A fix targeting orphan reaping in stop_profile_gateway is referenced.

## 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 #76975. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #76975 (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-76975`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #75936: \[Bug\]: macOS manual gateway restart leaves orphan gateway processes — one Discord message gets N threads/N replies

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76975: fix(gateway): reap orphans on stop_profile_gateway (#75936)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`
- **#75991: fix(gateway): reap orphans on stop_profile_gateway (#75936)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#76975`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #76975 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-02`.