# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway restart watcher breaks under bare Python env

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The restart watcher process fails with import errors when running under a minimal Python environment lacking optional dependencies like ruamel. Fixes aim to keep the watcher stdlib-only and import-light to survive bare store Python.

## 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 #124878. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124878 (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-124878`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #124649: hermes update leaves a manually started gateway down: the restart watcher dies with ModuleNotFoundError (ruamel) under the bare store Python

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124878: fix(gateway): keep the update restart watcher stdlib-only so it survives the bare store Python**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/_subprocess_compat.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway_restart_watcher_bare_python.py`
- **#124670: fix(gateway): keep restart PID probe import-light**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `029445545c`, `#124649`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124878 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-27`.