# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway config missing env var expansion in platforms

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where ${VAR} environment variable substitution was not being applied to gateway platform configuration fields (such as webhook secrets, API keys, and team credentials). Multiple fixes and follow-up patches address expanding env var references during gateway config loading.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #120072. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120072 (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-120072`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #119733: \[Bug\]: ${VAR} env var substitution in config.yaml is not expanded for gateway platform config (platforms.*.extra — webhook secret, api_server key, teams credentials)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120072: gateway config: env refs expand for platforms.* and WEBHOOK_SECRET/PORT apply to a yaml-enabled webhook (#119733 #119763; salvage #119755/#119765, supersede #119737 #119750 #119770)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/config_env.py`, `gateway/config_loader.py`, `tests/gateway/test_config.py`
- **#119737: fix(gateway): expand ${VAR} env substitutions in gateway config load**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `004fa2e7cb`, `#120072`, `#120072`
- **#119750: fix(gateway): expand env-var refs in platform config loader**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `004fa2e7cb`, `#120072`, `#120072`
- **#119755: fix(gateway): expand ${VAR} env refs in platform adapter config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `004fa2e7cb`, `#120072`, `#120072`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120072 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.