# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway fixes and dashboard error detail improvements

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address several gateway behaviors (launchd install, drain cap, API status ports, email pairing) and improve how the dashboard and web UI surface structured error details to users.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #119991: \[Bug\]: Dashboard shows "not ready yet, try again" for a corrupt state.db and drops the server's \`hermes doctor\` instruction

## 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`
- **#119992: fix(web): show a structured error detail's message instead of the status sentence**. 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`.