# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway session ID missing from subprocess environment

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #126115: gateway _set_session_env drops session_id, so tool subprocesses see an empty HERMES_SESSION_ID
- PR #126433: fix(gateway): bind the turn's session_id so tool subprocesses see HERMES_SESSION_ID
- PR #126440: fix(gateway): bind session_id when setting session env

These items address a bug where the gateway's session environment setup fails to include the session ID, causing tool subprocesses to receive an empty or absent HERMES_SESSION_ID variable.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #126115: gateway _set_session_env drops session_id, so tool subprocesses see an empty HERMES_SESSION_ID

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#126433: fix(gateway): bind the turn's session_id so tool subprocesses see HERMES_SESSION_ID**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session_env.py`
- **#126440: fix(gateway): bind session_id when setting session env**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/gateway/test_session_env.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `gateway`