# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Host gateway credential scoping and profile isolation

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items concern a bug where a profile-scoped process could incorrectly own or influence the host gateway, leaking that profile's credentials into the default profile. The changes aim to restrict gateway ownership and multiplex primary scoping to the correct profile.

## 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 #121478. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #121478 (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-121478`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #120305: Multiplexed host gateway spawned from a profile-scoped process leaks that profile's platform credentials into the \`default\` profile (\`duplicate_credential\` fatal for the configured owner)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#121478: fix(gateway): do not let a launching profile own the host gateway**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_adapters.py`, `gateway/run_shutdown.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_launchd.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_restart_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server_gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_gateway_profile_env.py`, `tools/environments/local.py`
- **#120348: fix(gateway): scope multiplex primary to default profile**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#121478`, `#120305`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #121478 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-25`.