# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway startup blocked by channel directory discovery

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #79044: \[Bug\]: Channel directory discovery can indefinitely block inbound Gateway startup
- PR #79060: fix(gateway): bound initial channel directory build with 30s timeout (#79044)
- PR #80704: fix(gateway): bound Slack channel-directory startup resolution

A bug was identified where channel directory discovery could indefinitely block inbound Gateway startup. Related fixes introduce a timeout bound on the initial channel directory build during Gateway startup.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #79044: \[Bug\]: Channel directory discovery can indefinitely block inbound Gateway startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#79060: fix(gateway): bound initial channel directory build with 30s timeout (#79044)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`
- **#80704: fix(gateway): bound Slack channel-directory startup resolution**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e10d707c0c5d8c82795d73323851237ac21b8c27`, `#79060`, `#79044`
  - files: `gateway/channel_directory.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_channel_directory.py`

## Fix status

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