# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix: update sweep impostor and foreign-home backend bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where \`hermes update\` could respawn backends belonging to a foreign HERMES_HOME, causing port conflicts and crash loops, and ensure the stale-backend sweep no longer incorrectly kills SSH-owned backends.

## 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 #95641. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #95641 (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-95641`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94030: \[Bug\]: hermes update respawns foreign-HERMES_HOME serve argv-only — impostor steals the port, supervised backend crash-loops (EADDRINUSE)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#95641: fix(update): the stale-backend sweep no longer kills SSH-owned backends or respawns foreign-home impostors (#92012 + #94030)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/dashboard_procs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_dashboard.py`
- **#94044: fix(update): never respawn backends from a foreign HERMES_HOME**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `57309c0cbbea897f5c98b138cd9ce4f886a927d2`, `#95641`, `#94030`, `#90030`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #95641 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-26`.