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Multiplex mode skips loading home .env file

Cluster 125530 · hermes cli. Data as of 2026-10-27 11:58 UTC

1 open item. Fix merged in #126145 on 28 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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Several issues and fixes concern multiplex/served profiles not loading the launch or process home .env file, causing missing credentials, provider settings, and other inherited configuration. Multiple fix attempts target this env-loading gap in multiplex routing.

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PR#125572fix(env): still load the launch home's .env under multiplex routing (#125530)

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#126145 Served profiles no longer inherit the launch profile's logs, log ownership, slash gating, TTS credentials or skipped .env (#125974 #120151 #121705 #120481 #125530)

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files: agent/agent_init.py, gateway/run_busy.py, gateway/slash_access.py, gateway/slash_commands.py, gateway/slash_commands_login.py, gateway/slash_commands_session.py, hermes_cli/env_loader.py, hermes_logging.py, tests/agent/test_setup_logging_profile_scope.py, tests/agent/test_skip_background_review.py, tests/gateway/test_multiplex_credential_isolation.py, tests/gateway/test_slash_access_dispatch.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_local_runtime.py, tests/test_hermes_logging.py, tests/tools/test_tts_command_providers.py, tests/tools/test_tts_lifecycle_leases.py, tools/tts_command_provider.py, tools/tts_tool_lifecycle.py, website/docs/user-guide/multi-profile-gateways.md

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From the close comments: superseded by another PR 1

#125535 fix(env_loader): load process-home .env in multiplex mode (#125530) · superseded by another PR → #126145

Closed issues · 1

Closed#125530Desktop app's multiplex mode skips loading ~/.hermes/.env, silently breaking fallback_providers

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Subsystem: hermes cli
Merged PRs: #126145
Closed issues: 1
Attempts: 1 PR closed without merging
Fix link checked: 28 Sep 2026

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