gateway-startup-retry-recovery

To keep a gateway running during adapter startup failures, classify the error as retryable or non-retryable, queue failed platforms for automatic reconnection, and update runtime status to retrying while the gateway stays alive.

Your gateway crashes on adapter initialization failures because non-retryable errors halt the process. Distinguishing retryable connection errors allows the gateway to isolate failed adapters, maintain a retry queue, and preserve overall gateway uptime.

Distinguishing retryable from non-retryable adapter startup errors involves classifying connection failures during gateway initialization, queuing retryable platforms for automatic reconnection, and preserving failure reasons for non-retryable errors in runtime status.

Yes, you can add regression tests for gateway startup retry behavior by reproducing a startup path with a retryable adapter failure in a local harness and verifying that runtime status reflects running and failed platforms are retried.

Yes, this gateway recovery approach works with platform adapters like Slack, Telegram, and Discord by diagnosing their specific startup failures, queuing retryable connection errors, and maintaining gateway runtime status during recovery attempts.

The best way to handle platform adapter connection failures in a Hermes gateway is to classify startup errors, maintain a retry queue for failed adapters, and update runtime status to running or retrying while preserving failure reasons.