# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway D-Bus session and systemd unit fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures in gateway and cron worker behavior when running as a system-level systemd service without a user D-Bus session, particularly on headless hosts. The fixes involve adopting the correct D-Bus session and ensuring child processes start under the appropriate systemd unit.

## 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 #105346. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #105346 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #104893: fix(cron): restart-safe worker dispatch fails closed when the gateway runs as a system service without a user D-Bus session — all agent-driven cron jobs fail on headless systemd hosts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#105346: fix(gateway): cron and Kanban children start under a system-level systemd unit (#104893, salvage #105037)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_user_bus_adoption.py`, `tools/process_registry.py`
- **#105037: fix(gateway): adopt the user D-Bus session when systemd starts the gateway**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#105346`, `#104893`, `#105222`, `#102431`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #105346 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.