# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart timeout reduced from 6h to 30min

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a problem where wedged turns caused gateway restarts to wait up to 6 hours. The fix reduces the default restart-after-turn timeout and excludes wedged turns from the wait.

## 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 #85968. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85968 (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-85968`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #79133: gateway: restart_after_turn_timeout default of 21600s (6h) makes interactive gateway restarts effectively unbounded when a turn wedges

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85968: fix(gateway): exclude wedged turns from the restart after-turn wait; default cap 6h -> 30min**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_after_turn.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`
- **#80321: fix(gateway): restart_after_turn_timeout default 6h -> 30min (#79133)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85968`, `#79133`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85968 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.