# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway shutdown causing unintended restart loops

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern gateway processes entering restart loops during planned or cron-triggered shutdowns. The work involves preventing shutdown exit codes from being misinterpreted as conditions requiring a 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 #85150. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #85150 (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-85150`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #84472: Gateway restart loop with exit code 75

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85150: fix(gateway): contain cron provider shutdown exits**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_shutdown.py`
- **#84568: fix(gateway): stop planned shutdowns from entering restart loops**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85150`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #85150 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-13`.