# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes-serve systemd unit restart on update

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported and fixes were proposed to ensure hermes-serve systemd units are restarted during updates, rather than leaving stale code running until a manual restart.

## 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 #87859. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #87859 (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-87859`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #83438: \[Bug\]: hermes update does not restart hermes-serve (Desktop backend) — leaves stale code running until manual restart

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#87859: fix(update): restart hermes-serve systemd units alongside gateways (#83438)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_timeout.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#83595: fix(update): restart hermes-serve systemd units alongside gateways**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#87859`, `#83438`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #87859 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-16`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`