# NousResearch/hermes-agent · hermes update collapsing per-user gateways bug and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug in \`hermes update\` auto-migration incorrectly merges per-UNIX-user or per-scope gateways into a single multiplexer, collapsing privilege isolation. The accompanying fix adds a guard on automatic migration service boundaries and introduces a \`gateway.auto_multiplex_migration\` opt-out.

## 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 #110205. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110205 (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-110205`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #109954: \[Bug\]: \`hermes update\` auto-migration uninstalls per-UNIX-user secondary gateways, collapsing a privilege-isolated fleet into one process

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110205: hermes update no longer folds cross-user / cross-scope per-profile gateways into one multiplexer; gateway.auto_multiplex_migration opt-out (#109954, salvage #110043 #109562)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/AGENTS.md`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_multiplex.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md`
- **#110043: fix(gateway): guard automatic migration service boundaries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0abfd1105c76`, `10654711fa1f`, `#110205`, `#109954`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110205 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-13`.