# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway shutdown during cold start on Windows Desktop

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members concern a bug where the gateway process is killed during Desktop app cold start, and a fix that prevents the orphan-reaping logic from terminating a gateway that is still booting.

## 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 #125103. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #125103 (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-125103`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #122533: El gateway se apaga tras un arranque en frío de la app de escritorio y no se relanza (Windows)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125103: fix(gateway): spare a still-booting gateway from the Desktop orphan reap**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_dashboard_admin_endpoints.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`
- **#122582: fix(gateway): spare a still-booting gateway from the Desktop orphan reap (#122533)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `09472a30a7`, `#125103`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #125103 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.