# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway respawn uses wrong interpreter after update

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #106489: \[Bug\]: Windows update exits 1 - post-update gateway relaunch replays the uv venv's base interpreter (No module named yaml)
- PR #106491: fix(update): rebind the Windows gateway respawn to the install venv interpreter
- PR #122144: fix(windows): respawn gateway on the venv interpreter when captured argv leads with the base interpreter

A bug where the Windows update process relaunches the gateway using the base interpreter instead of the virtual environment interpreter, causing missing module errors. The members cover the bug report and related fixes targeting argv and venv interpreter binding.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #106489: \[Bug\]: Windows update exits 1 - post-update gateway relaunch replays the uv venv's base interpreter (No module named yaml)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#106491: fix(update): rebind the Windows gateway respawn to the install venv interpreter**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_gateway_launcher_refresh.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_gateway_job_teardown_48820.py`
- **#122144: fix(windows): respawn gateway on the venv interpreter when captured argv leads with the base interpreter**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_windows.py`

## Fix status

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