# NousResearch/hermes-agent · launchd log paths fail when HERMES_HOME on external volume

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #91645: fix(gateway): keep launchd Standard*Path off external volumes

On macOS, the Hermes gateway LaunchAgent fails with exit 78 (EX_CONFIG) when HERMES_HOME is on an external volume because launchd cannot open StandardOutPath/StandardErrorPath there. The fixes address keeping those log paths off external volumes.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #107618: Title: macOS: hermes gateway install LaunchAgent fails with exit 78 (EX_CONFIG) when HERMES_HOME is on an external volume — launchd cannot open StandardOutPath/StandardErrorPath

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91645: fix(gateway): keep launchd Standard*Path off external volumes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c6cacb361c`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_launchd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`
- **#107634: fix(gateway): keep launchd Standard*Path off external volumes**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `7565f6477c211c315110fc12173e500f013366fc`

## Fix status

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