# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart drops queued follow-ups bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #82381: \[Bug\]: Restart drain acknowledges a follow-up and then discards it
- PR #82407: fix(gateway): preserve queued follow-ups across restart
- PR #131024: fix(gateway): queued follow-ups survive a restart or stop drain (salvage #82407)

A bug where restarting or stop-draining the gateway causes queued follow-up messages to be acknowledged but then discarded. These members address preserving queued follow-ups across restart and drain cycles.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #82381: \[Bug\]: Restart drain acknowledges a follow-up and then discards it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82407: fix(gateway): preserve queued follow-ups across restart**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`
- **#131024: fix(gateway): queued follow-ups survive a restart or stop drain (salvage #82407)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/platforms/base.py`, `gateway/run_turn.py`, `tests/gateway/test_restart_drain.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/messaging/index.md`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`