# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update falsely reports gateway failure after success

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #102998: fix(update): stop successful Windows updates reporting gateway failure

These issues and fixes address a race condition on Windows where a successful hermes update incorrectly reports a gateway cold-start or liveness failure, likely due to PID mismatch or timing issues during the readiness check.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #102974: \[Bug\] hermes update --yes on Windows reports FAILED after a successful update — gateway cold-start readiness check races/mismatches PID

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#102998: fix(update): stop successful Windows updates reporting gateway failure**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_cold_start_gateway_liveness.py`
- **#127702: fix(update): re-check Windows gateway liveness before failing cold-start after update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#127702`, `#102974`

## Fix status

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