# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Update receipt and fleet restart loop fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes targeting bugs in the update system where stale or interrupted receipts caused fleet restarts to re-trigger indefinitely, and related issues with catch-up restart logic and receipt lifecycle management.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #103478. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #103478 (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-104153`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #98022: \[Bug\]: hermes update catch-up fleet restart (#95294 fix) re-fires on every run when update_receipts/latest.json is a stale interrupted receipt — fleet restarts forever even though it is already current

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#103478: fix(update): fleet check no longer fails with "no rows" after stopping unmapped/dashboard-only runtimes; receipts survive the module purge (#97332, #98436, salvage #97350 #92934)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_maint.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_check_fail_closed.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_probe_resume_token.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_stale_module_purge.py`
- **#104153: fix(update): a successful update no longer re-arms the fleet restart forever (#98022, salvage #97547)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_fleet.py`, `hermes_cli/update_receipt.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_fleet_restart_pending.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_handoff_exit.py`
- **#98526: fix(update): skip catchup fleet restart when interrupted receipt pulled SHA already matches checkout**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#103414`, `#103414`, `#98022`, `#103414`
- **#98689: fix(update): dismiss stale receipt after catch-up fleet restart**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#103499: fix(update): stop treating a clean command-boundary stop_reason as an interrupted update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `f58fcc8118`, `f58fcc8118`, `#97547`, `#103478`, `#98022`, `#103478`, `#97547`, `#95294`, `#98022`
- **#103677: fix(update): retire unfinished receipt after fleet restart catch-up**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#95294`, `#98022`, `#100249`, `#103414`, `#98022`, `#97547`, `#103478`, `#100249`, `#100249`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #103478 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-06`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`