# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows gateway Python ABI mismatch and boot fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123185: \[Bug\] Windows gateway boots under newer system Python (PATH race) → pydantic_core ABI mismatch crash-loop even after activation fix
- PR #123206: fix(gateway): boot Windows gateway under the checkout's committed interpreter

These items relate to a bug and associated fixes addressing how the Windows gateway selects its Python interpreter at boot, including a PATH race condition and a crash-loop caused by a foreign-ABI venv overlay being incorrectly accepted.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #123185: \[Bug\] Windows gateway boots under newer system Python (PATH race) → pydantic_core ABI mismatch crash-loop even after activation fix

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123206: fix(gateway): boot Windows gateway under the checkout's committed interpreter**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `86f449b1721fc89f73c7eced1f2d4a0b1ff0f005`, `#123996`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_python_reexec.py`
- **#131504: fix(gateway): refuse a foreign-ABI venv overlay in the Windows import guard (#123185)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fc916aea556f4fe66925544864bb09bab2fc628b`
- **#132692: fix(windows): skip ABI-mismatched venvs in gateway import guard (fixes #123185)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `bd3acbc64406c95b`, `#122376`, `#123332`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`