# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway venv site-packages mixing Python versions, causing pydantic_core ImportError

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122324: Windows: gateway venv site-packages injection + launcher renderer can mix Python 3.11/3.14 → pydantic_core ImportError loop

The members concern the gateway on Windows injecting venv site-packages that can mix Python 3.11 and 3.14, with one issue describing a pydantic_core ImportError loop. Two pull requests propose restricting injection to the running interpreter's own venv and avoiding foreign-ABI overlays, and one also touches Kanban card turns and heartbeat writes.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 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 #139274. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #139274 (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: `unresolved`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Open related issues

- #122324: Windows: gateway venv site-packages injection + launcher renderer can mix Python 3.11/3.14 → pydantic_core ImportError loop

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#139274: fix(gateway): finite Kanban card turns, off-loop heartbeat write, no foreign-ABI venv overlay**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session_authority.py`, `gateway/session_kanban.py`, `hermes_state_runtime.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `tests/gateway/test_kanban_finite_admission.py`, `tests/gateway/test_scale_to_zero_dashboard_client.py`, `tests/gateway/test_windows_venv_import_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_runtime_paths.py`, `tui_gateway/ws.py`
- **#122333: fix(gateway,windows): only inject the running interpreter's own venv site-packages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#139274`, `#134889`, `#122330`, `#139085`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #139274 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`