# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bootstrap-launched gateway identity and migration fixes

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #123169: fix(gateway): salvage the bootstrap-launched gateway via the host record

These issues and fixes address a bug where bootstrap-launched gateways fail identity checks, preventing multiplexer migration from completing. The changes correct how host records identify and rescue bootstrap-launched gateways to allow normal migration flow.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #126133. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #126133 (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-126133`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #123151: \[Bug\]: multiplex migration never confirms — bootstrap-launched gateway fails identity check since #121635, so \`served_profiles\` is unreadable and gateway_migration.json never clears

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126133: Live gateway identity files survive matcher mismatches; bootstrap-launched record names its entry point; held lock without gateway.pid no longer aborts Windows update (#125610, #124029, #123151, #123430, salvage #125679)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#123169: fix(gateway): salvage the bootstrap-launched gateway via the host record**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123131`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_migrate_converged_host.py`
- **#123276: fix(gateway): let the host-multiplexer record rescue a bootstrap-launched gateway's identity (#123151)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#126133`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #126133 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`