# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway migrate multiplex drops run-as-user setting

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where \`hermes gateway migrate --multiplex\` fails to preserve the system service user (run-as-user) during migration, potentially leaving no gateway running. The work addresses preserving that user setting and improving rollback or resume behavior to avoid stranding the fleet.

## 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 #111062. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #111062 (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-111062`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #110850: \[Bug\]: \`hermes gateway migrate --multiplex\` installs the default system unit without --run-as-user, dies mid-migration, and leaves no gateway running

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#111062: gateway migrate --multiplex keeps the system unit's User=, rolls back or resumes instead of stranding the fleet; opt-out reads the declared key (#110850, #110683, salvage #110854 #110685)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_migrate_guards.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_multiplex.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_clone_channels.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md`
- **#110854: fix(gateway): preserve system service user during migration**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `8c82e93132`, `#111062`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #111062 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-14`.