# NousResearch/hermes-agent · macOS gateway reload timing and PID verification

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a race condition on macOS where the launchd/gateway reload helper could report success while the old gateway job was still draining, and add PID-change verification to confirm the new process actually started.

## 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 #80491. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #80491 (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-80491`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #80395: macOS: deferred reload helper (post-#69500) still declares success while old gateway job is mid-drain, leaving service unregistered

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#80491: fix(launchd): stop stranding the gateway label on plist reload (salvage #79868)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#80416: fix(gateway): verify PID changed after bootstrap in reload helper (#80395)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#80491`, `#79868`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #80491 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-07`.