# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows test portability and port-probe fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #127343: Windows: test suite red on current main — 4 host-unportable tests and a port-free probe that misses closed listeners
- PR #127346: fix(gateway): recognize timed-out free ports during restart
- PR #127348: fix(tests): make Windows gateway checks portable
- PR #127364: fix(cli): port-free probe sees bind-freed listeners; repair four Windows-hostile tests

These items address a cluster of Windows-hostile test failures and a port-free probe that fails to detect listeners freed after bind. The work focuses on making gateway and port-checking behavior portable across platforms.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #127343: Windows: test suite red on current main — 4 host-unportable tests and a port-free probe that misses closed listeners

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127346: fix(gateway): recognize timed-out free ports during restart**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#136250`, `#136250`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`
- **#127348: fix(tests): make Windows gateway checks portable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_port_probe_dual_stack.py`
- **#127364: fix(cli): port-free probe sees bind-freed listeners; repair four Windows-hostile tests**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `36dfe5858a`, `#127348`, `#127343`, `#127346`, `#127348`, `#127343`, `#127348`, `#127348`
  - files: `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_gateway.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`

## Fix status

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