# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Systemd restart race causing repeated gateway timeouts

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a race condition where systemd-planned restarts conflict with CLI or helper processes, leading to repeated restart cycles and gateway timeouts. The associated fixes aim to make systemd the sole owner of restart logic during planned restarts.

## 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 #92175. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #92175 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #91849: \[Bug\]: systemd planned restart races with CLI/helper and causes repeated gateway timeouts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#92175: fix(gateway): make systemd the sole restart owner on planned restarts (salvage of #91856)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_shutdown.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#91856: fix(gateway): prevent repeated systemd restart cycles**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#92175`, `#91849`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #92175 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-22`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`