Gateway identity check edge cases and fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 124893

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These issues and pull requests address multiple failure modes in the gateway identity check, including unrecognized shim or bootstrap command lines, missing gateway.pid files, and cross-platform launcher detection. The work spans Windows-specific update aborts and broader identity matching gaps across operating systems.

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  • #124965 fix(gateway): recognise Hermes inline-bootstrap gateways on every OS (salvage #123331)

    merged to main

    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

    files: gateway/status.py, tests/gateway/test_status.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 2 · superseded by another PR 1

  • #124900 fix(gateway): recognize store-launcher shim cmdlines in gateway identity check · merged via another change → 60e531c, #124965, #124318, #123331
  • #124925 fix(gateway): preserve runtime launcher identity · merged via another change → 60e531c, #124965, #124318, #123331
  • #125869 fix(gateway): tolerate a missing gateway.pid in the strict identity check · superseded by another PR → #126133
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#124893[Windows] hermes update aborts before fetching: shim-launched gateway command line fails the gateway identity check
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3 PRs closed without merging
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28 Sep 2026

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