# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Setup flow config write timing and gateway race conditions

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where config.yaml is written before model selection completes during setup, causing gateway race conditions and provider/model mismatches when switching providers. Changes include deferring config writes, PID-based gateway management, and related refactoring.

## 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 #1499. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1499 (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-1499`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #1182: bug: setup flow writes provider to config.yaml before model selection, causing gateway race condition

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1499: fix(setup+gateway): defer config write, PID-based gateway kill, scoped systemd service names**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `hermes_cli/status.py`, `hermes_cli/uninstall.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_linger.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_service.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#1188: fix(setup): defer config.yaml write until after model selection**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1499`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1499 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-16`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`