# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix gateway process recognition after relaunch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #123971: Windows: hermes update always fails its post-relaunch gateway check (exit 1) when the Desktop started the gateway
- PR #128445: fix(update): budget the restart-watcher's clock; a completed update no longer exits 1 over an unverified gateway respawn

Several fixes improve detection of live gateway processes across different startup methods (store Python, Hermes CLI launcher, inline bootstrap), and correct a related timing issue that caused post-update gateway checks to incorrectly exit with an error.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124965. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124965 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #123971: Windows: hermes update always fails its post-relaunch gateway check (exit 1) when the Desktop started the gateway

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124965: fix(gateway): recognise Hermes inline-bootstrap gateways on every OS (salvage #123331)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/update_fleet_scope.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/_machine.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/test_gateway_across_update.py`, `tests/e2e/core/windows_update/test_update_spares_other_installs.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_windows_cross_install_gateway.py`
- **#123973: fix(gateway): recognize a gateway started through the Hermes CLI launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `60e531cb52`, `#124965`, `#124318`, `#123331`
- **#124297: fix(gateway): recognise store-Python \`-I -c\` bootstrap as a live gateway**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124318`
- **#128445: fix(update): budget the restart-watcher's clock; a completed update no longer exits 1 over an unverified gateway respawn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_job_teardown_live.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_relaunch_verify_budget.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_windows_update_verify_miss.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`