From 724fb1e0774f0a51722f6b98655c2744b16be27c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jenkins <jenkins@bstein.dev>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 02:50:38 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(hermes): recover stale coordinator panes

---
 services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py    |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
index bff1d92d8..f12e7be47 100644
--- a/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/hermes/agent-deployment.yaml
@@ -449,7 +449,21 @@ spec:
               done
               pane_file=/opt/data/herdr/coordinator-pane-id
               pane="$(cat "${pane_file}" 2>/dev/null || true)"
-              if [ -z "${pane}" ] || ! herdr pane get "${pane}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+              pane_live=no
+              if [ -n "${pane}" ]; then
+                for attempt in $(seq 1 20); do
+                  if herdr pane process-info --pane "${pane}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                    pane_live=yes
+                    break
+                  fi
+                  sleep 1
+                done
+              fi
+              if [ "${pane_live}" != "yes" ]; then
+                if [ -n "${pane}" ]; then
+                  workspace="${pane%%:*}"
+                  herdr workspace close "${workspace}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+                fi
                 created="$(herdr workspace create \
                   --cwd /opt/data/workspace \
                   --label coordinator \
@@ -466,7 +480,10 @@ spec:
               coordinator_running="$(printf '%s' "${process_info}" | /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python -c \
                 'import json,sys; processes=json.load(sys.stdin)["result"]["process_info"].get("foreground_processes", []); print("yes" if any("hermes" in " ".join(str(p.get(k) or "") for k in ("name", "argv0", "cmdline")) for p in processes) else "no")')"
               if [ "${coordinator_running}" != "yes" ]; then
-                herdr pane run "${pane}" /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/hermes
+                herdr agent start coordinator \
+                  --kind hermes \
+                  --pane "${pane}" \
+                  --timeout 60000
               fi
               wait "${server_pid}"
           env:
diff --git a/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py b/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
index c51a57884..bd2f93731 100644
--- a/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
+++ b/testing/tests/test_hermes_herdr.py
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ def test_agent_installs_hermes_integration_before_startup():
         env = {item["name"]: item["value"] for item in containers[name]["env"]}
         assert "/opt/hermes/.venv/bin" in env["PATH"].split(":")
 
+    server_command = containers["herdr-server"]["command"][-1]
+    assert 'herdr pane process-info --pane "${pane}"' in server_command
+    assert 'herdr workspace close "${workspace}"' in server_command
+    assert "herdr agent start coordinator" in server_command
+    assert "--kind hermes" in server_command
+    assert "--timeout 60000" in server_command
+
 
 def test_agent_mounts_auto_router_into_both_hermes_runtimes():
     deployment = yaml.safe_load((HERMES / "agent-deployment.yaml").read_text())