# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway unit lifecycle and legacy home migration bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern edge cases in gateway unit and slot lifecycle management, specifically around migration, rename/delete operations, and legacy custom-home unit visibility and restart behavior. The focus is on keeping a single boot-startable gateway consistent across various lifecycle transitions.

## 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 #126184. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126184 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-126184`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109476: bug(gateway): custom-HERMES_HOME update leaves legacy user unit invisible and restart runs foreground

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126184: Unit/slot lifecycle keeps one boot-startable gateway across migrate, rename/delete, start --all, s6 boot and systemd unit resolution (#124922 P1 + 7)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/container_boot.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_profile_lifecycle.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_discovery.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `hermes_cli/profiles_service_cleanup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_container_boot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_host_verbs.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_multiplex.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_unit_paths.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_rename_service.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_service_cleanup_scopes.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/profiles.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/profile-commands.md` (+1 more)
- **#109479: fix(gateway): restart owned legacy custom-home unit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126184`, `#109476`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126184 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.