# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update hand-off kills gateway, suppresses cold-start

## Open now

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A bug where the Windows Desktop self-update hand-off terminates the running gateway and the subsequent update process suppresses the cold-start, leaving the bot silently offline. Several fix attempts address preserving the cold-start plan across the update hand-off sequence.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #110020. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110020 (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-110020`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #109538: \[Bug\]: Windows: Desktop self-update hand-off kills the running gateway, then the update suppresses the cold-start - bot silently offline until manual start

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110020: fix(update): Windows update cold-starts the gateway when the Desktop-owned one is dead (#109538, salvage #109545)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/48635783+ennheng@users.noreply.github.com`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_start_attestation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_gateway_cold_start_desktop_lifecycle.py`
- **#109545: fix(update): keep the Windows cold-start plan for a dead attested gateway (#109538)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7e7641561b`, `#110020`, `#109538`
- **#109591: fix(update): preserve Windows gateway cold-start during Desktop update hand-off (#109538)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `aa1ec19d40edb5d2e811a5d531e11184b70eef9d`, `#109545`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110020 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-14`.