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macOS launchd --replace causes mutual service eviction

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #96427 on 27 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address a bug on macOS where launchd's --replace flag, injected during service updates, causes shared-token profile services to repeatedly evict each other. The fix removes --replace injection and introduces a graceful restart mechanism via SIGUSR1 instead.

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  • #96427 fix(gateway): stop launchd --replace double-kill — drop takeover from supervised argv, SIGUSR1 graceful restart (salvage #79096 + #91354)

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/gateway.py, tests/gateway/test_platform_base.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_wedged_gateway.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #79096 fix(gateway): launchd 服务不再注入 --replace，修复共享 Token 配置文件的互相驱逐死循环 · merged via another change → #96427, #91354
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#79048bug(macOS): shared-token profile services mutually evict after updater regenerates --replace plists
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27 Aug 2026

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