# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Remote-served desktop update wrongly starts local gateway

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where updating a remote-served desktop instance would incorrectly start a local gateway and interfere with Telegram polling from an SSH/VPS gateway. The associated fixes address skipping the local gateway restart when the desktop is remote-served.

## 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 #117659. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #117659 (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-117659`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #117529: \[Bug\]: Desktop update starts a local Gateway and steals Telegram polling from an SSH/VPS Gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#117659: fix(desktop): remote-served Desktop updates no longer restart a local gateway (#117529, salvage #117537)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/electron/main.ts`, `scripts/desktop-update/posix.sh`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_gateway_flag.py`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_gateway_flag.py`
- **#117537: fix(desktop): skip the local gateway restart on update when the Desktop is remote-served**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `04845f5f3e49`, `#117659`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #117659 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-21`.