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hermes update respawns orphan serve backends bug

Cluster 78821 · hermes cli. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86683 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #86683. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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A bug where hermes update unintentionally respawns orphaned hermes serve --port 0 backend processes, causing them to accumulate across updates. The members include the bug report and two related fix attempts.

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  • #86683 fix(cli): stop hermes update from respawning orphan serve --port 0 backends (salvage #78879)

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py, hermes_cli/main.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #78879 fix(cli): stop hermes update from respawning orphan serve --port 0 (#78821) · merged via another change → #86683
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#78821[Bug]: hermes update respawns every orphan `hermes serve --port 0`, accumulating backends across updates
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  • Pairwise link density 0.67: the share of item 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.

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Subsystem
hermes cli
Merged PRs
#86683
Closed issues
1
Attempts
1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked
15 Aug 2026

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