# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Email routing bug fixes reaching the gateway

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where email pairing, decline, and gateway grant requests were dropped by the adapter before reaching the gateway. The fix ensures those messages are correctly routed through to the gateway layer.

## 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 #120087. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #120087 (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-120087`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119923: \[Bug\]: Email pairing and decline never answer, and GATEWAY_ALLOWED_USERS never admits a sender, because the adapter drops the mail before the gateway sees it

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#120087: gateway: launchd install honours --no-start-now, drain cap sees the launchd label, /api/status ports match owned platforms, dashboard shows server error detail, email pairing/decline reach the gateway (#119948 #119598 #119918 #119991 #119923; salvage #119949 #119607 #119920 #119992 #119924)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/control_socket.py`, `gateway/restart.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_launchd.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_setup_wizard.py`, `hermes_cli/stderr_timestamp.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_gateway.py`, `plugins/platforms/email/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/test_adapter_authz_secret_scope.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email.py`, `tests/gateway/test_email_secret_scope.py`, `tests/gateway/test_launchd_exit_timeout_drain_cap.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_launchd_install_start_now.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_stderr_timestamp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_web_server_gateway_topology.py`, `web/src/lib/api-error.test.ts`, `web/src/lib/api-error.ts`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/email.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/index.md`
- **#119924: fix(email): pairing, decline and gateway grants reach the gateway instead of dying in the adapter pre-gate**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `38d86b0749`, `#120087`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #120087 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-23`.