# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway connection and endpoint probing fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where the desktop client connects to the wrong gateway endpoint, a fix to keep WebSocket connections open when receiving lone-surrogate frames, and an improvement to CLI status probing against the real gateway control plane.

## 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 #101666. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #101666 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #101195: \[bug\] Desktop client stuck on "Waiting for gateway connection" — connects to wrong endpoint (TCP 18789 vs named pipe)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#101666: fix(tui-gateway): keep the Desktop WebSocket open on a lone-surrogate frame (salvage #97622)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_ws_surrogate_send.py`, `tui_gateway/ws.py`
- **#101342: fix(cli): probe the real gateway control plane in status --deep**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#101666`, `#97622`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #101666 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-02`.