# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows update messaging gateway restart fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the Desktop application stops messaging gateways before a Windows update but does not restart them on the success path. These items address detecting and correcting that restart behavior.

## 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 #120079. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120079 (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-120079`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119809: Windows: Desktop stops every profile's messaging gateway before an update but never restarts it on the success path

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120079: Windows: Desktop update restarts the messaging gateways it stopped (#119809, salvage #119815)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `scripts/desktop-update/windows.ps1`, `tests/scripts/desktop_update/test_desktop_update_windows_gateway_flag.py`
- **#119815: fix(desktop): restart gateways after Windows update**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0f1544f903`, `#120079`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120079 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.