# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows start attestation correctness and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members address a bug in Windows process start attestation where PID-only checks allow stale markers or PID reuse to cause incorrect cold-start or recovery behavior, and a subsequent fix binding attestation to process identity and generation.

## 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 #110958. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #110958 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #110469: \[Bug\]: Windows start attestation is PID-only — a stale marker can authorize a cold start, and PID reuse can suppress a real recovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110958: Windows update cold-start: attestation is generation-bound, identity-bound and consumed only after readiness (#110020 follow-up)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/lifecycle_ledger.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/gateway/test_lifecycle_ledger.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_start_attestation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_cold_start_gateway_liveness.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_gateway_cold_start_desktop_lifecycle.py`
- **#110479: fix(gateway): bind Windows start attestation to process identity and update handoff (#110469)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `8c3a35b69d`, `#110958`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #110958 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-14`.