NousResearch/hermes-agent

Orphan reaper incorrectly kills managed gateways

Cluster 86287 · apps/desktop. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #86658 on 15 Aug 2026. Check it covers your case.

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A fix was merged to main in PR #86658. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
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A bug in the desktop backend's orphan-reaping logic causes it to terminate detached, supervised, or independently-managed gateway processes it should leave alone. Fixes address this across Windows and other platforms.

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  • #86658 fix(gateway): spare supervised and recorded gateways from the orphan reaper on all platforms

    merged to main

    files: contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/gateway.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

  • #86293 fix(desktop): spare detached/supervised gateways from the startup orphan reap (#86287) · superseded by another PR → #86100, #86287, #86098
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#86287Desktop backend orphan-reap kills the independently-managed gateway on Windows
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Subsystem
apps/desktop
Merged PRs
#86658
Closed issues
1
Attempts
1 PR closed without merging
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15 Aug 2026

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