# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway config flag using json instead of yaml

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple reports and fixes addressing the gateway incorrectly using json.load instead of yaml.safe_load when parsing the --config flag or config file. One entry also mentions a MessageDeduplicator TTL enforcement change alongside the yaml fix.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #10216: \[Bug\]: Gateway fails to start with \`--config\` flag: \`json.load()\` used instead of \`yaml.safe_load()\`

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#7244: fix(gateway): use yaml.safe_load instead of json.load when parsing gateway config file**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `2edbf155608ae7ea70b3d8fc90ac01b94d311fbc`, `#10216`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#10236: fix(gateway): use yaml.safe_load instead of json.load for --config flag**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#10289: fix(gateway): use yaml.safe_load for config file parsing**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`