# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS launchd --replace causes mutual service eviction

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

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.

## 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 #96427. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #96427 (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-96427`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79048: bug(macOS): shared-token profile services mutually evict after updater regenerates --replace plists

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#96427: fix(gateway): stop launchd --replace double-kill — drop takeover from supervised argv, SIGUSR1 graceful restart (salvage #79096 + #91354)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - 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`
- **#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**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#96427`, `#91354`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #96427 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-27`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`