# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway process identity matching fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes address cases where the gateway incorrectly fails to recognize its own running process due to cmdline identity matching not handling certain launcher forms (runpy, launchd inline-source, Hermes inline-bootstrap), leading to false 'stopped' verdicts and pid file deletion.

## 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 #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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #124588: Gateway wrongly reported stopped while running: launchd gateway's inline-source cmdline fails the gateway identity check, and the false verdict deletes gateway.pid

## 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`
- **#124796: fix(gateway): recognize the runpy launcher form in cmdline identity matchers (fixes #124588)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `60e531cb52`, `#124965`, `#124318`, `#123331`

## Fix status

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