# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway identity matching and package-manager update fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address failures in gateway identity matchers to recognize pm-runtime and Hermes inline-bootstrap launchers, and fix package-manager installs losing features, dependencies, and diagnostics across updates. Several entries salvage or supersede earlier related changes.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 3 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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #124029: pm-runtime launcher cmdline is never recognized by gateway identity matchers; \`live_gateway_pid_for_home()\` can never verify a shim-launched 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  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - 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`
- **#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  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_status.py`
- **#126172: fix(pm): package-manager installs keep features, deps and diagnostics across updates (salvage #124060, #124246, #124446, #124656)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_bootstrap.py`, `hermes_cli/_early_recovery.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor.py`, `hermes_cli/doctor_platform.py`, `hermes_cli/main_install_repair.py`, `hermes_cli/source_build.py`, `pm/cli.py`, `pm/environment.py`, `pm/environments.py`, `pm/index_config.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/handoff/_handoff.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/hosts/test_permissions.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/network/test_mirrors.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_configured_features.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_interpreter_hygiene.py`, `tests/e2e/core/upgrade/pm/test_stamps_and_doctor.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_doctor_web_dashboard_import.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_missing_configured_deps.py`, `tests/pm/test_environment_build.py`, `tests/pm/test_install_state_permissions.py` (+2 more)
- **#124312: fix(gateway): recognise the pm-runtime inline launcher as a gateway identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `60e531cb52`, `#124965`, `#124965`, `#124318`, `#123331`
- **#127302: fix(gateway): recognize the pm-runtime launcher bootstrap in gateway identity matchers (fixes #124029)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#123971`, `#107002`, `#129945`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124965 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-28`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`