# NousResearch/hermes-agent · CLI status/stop asymmetry for serve-mode backends

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where serve-mode backends were visible to --stop but hidden from --status in the CLI, and a fix to make --status report them consistently. Members cover the bug report and the corresponding fix.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #122250. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #122250 (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-122250`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #81564: \[Bug\]: hermes serve --status hides serve-mode backends while hermes dashboard --stop kills them, status/stop asymmetry leaves Desktop SSH backends invisible to CLI management

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122250: fix(dashboard): list --port 0 serve backends in --status**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main_dashboard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_lifecycle_flags.py`
- **#81573: fix(cli): report serve-mode backends in dashboard/serve --status (#81564)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#81581: fix(cli): show serve-mode backends in --status, matching --stop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#81573`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #122250 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`