# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway drain before forced termination

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #112782: fix(gateway): drain Windows gateways before forced termination

These issues and pull requests all concern the same problem: on Windows, the gateway stop sequence skips draining and immediately force-kills the process. The work focuses on ensuring draining occurs before any hard kill during a planned stop.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113078. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113078 (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-113078`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #112750: hermes gateway stop never drains on Windows: stop_profile_gateway() writes the planned-stop marker then immediately os.kill()s the pid (TerminateProcess)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113078: fix(gateway): Windows gateway stop drains before any hard kill (#112750, salvage #112755)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/windows-native.md`
- **#112755: fix(gateway): drain Windows profile stop before kill**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `3a1c7a330d0e3435ccf94842e8f9e7db670122a8`, `c57e5c8b668f3c5e4c7c6ee956ab3ba4b48e5334`, `#112782`, `#112750`, `#112755`
- **#112782: fix(gateway): drain Windows gateways before forced termination**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c57e5c8b668f3c5e4c7c6ee956ab3ba4b48e5334`, `#112750`, `#112755`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113078 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-16`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`