# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway control socket fails on Docker bind-mounted home; temp-dir fallback proposed

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

One bug report describes the gateway control socket not starting on a Docker bind-mounted HERMES_HOME after container recreation, with EOPNOTSUPP (errno 95) on a stale gateway.sock. Two fix PRs propose falling back to a (private) temp directory when the home path cannot be bound; their status is not stated here.

## 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 #143969. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #143969 (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-143969`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123761: \[Bug\]: gateway control socket never starts on a Docker bind-mounted HERMES_HOME after the container is recreated (EOPNOTSUPP on the stale gateway.sock)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#143969: fix(gateway): control socket falls back to a private temp dir when the home refuses sockets (Docker Desktop errno 95)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/control_socket.py`, `tests/gateway/test_control_socket.py`
- **#101337: fix(gateway): control socket falls back to the temp dir when the home path cannot be bound**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `5e5be7c2f11`, `#143969`, `#123761`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #143969 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-24`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`