NousResearch/hermes-agent

Gateway shutdown hangs and drain escalation fixes

Cluster 81642 · hermes cli. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86860 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items address scenarios where a stalled or wedged gateway causes update and shutdown operations to hang, introducing liveness probing, bounded escalation, and force-kill behavior to prevent indefinite waits.

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  • #86860 fix(update): probe gateway loop liveness before drain; bounded escalation for wedged gateways

    merged to main

    files: hermes_cli/gateway.py, hermes_cli/update_cmd.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_update_wedged_gateway.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 1

  • #81652 fix(gateway): force-kill the gateway at the end of the launchd drain budget · done elsewhere → #81642, #86860
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#81642[Bug]: Stalled event loop makes `hermes update` hang — updater waits 180s for a gateway that cannot shut down
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hermes cli
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#86860
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1 PR closed without merging
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15 Aug 2026

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