# NousResearch/hermes-agent · PID reuse causing false stale gateway detections

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern a bug where recycled process IDs cause the post-update fleet check to incorrectly flag already-exited gateways as stale. Work focuses on guarding the fleet check against PID reuse on Windows and potentially other platforms.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #95913. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95913 (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-95913`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #93258: \[Bug\]: Windows: hermes update exits 1 — fleet check flags STALE pid of an already-exited gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95913: fix(update): recycled PIDs no longer fail the fleet check as phantom stale gateways (#93258, salvage #93363)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_fleet_matrix_down_state.py`
- **#93363: fix(cli): guard the post-update fleet check against PID reuse**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2812d6121ba5`, `#95913`, `#93258`, `#95896`
- **#95896: fix(update): recycled PIDs no longer fail the fleet check as phantom stale gateways (#93258, salvage #93363)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95913 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.