# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway bootstrap detection fixes for bundled launchers

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #127868: fix(gateway): recognize bundled launcher bootstrap

These items address cases where gateways started via native payload or bundled launcher bootstraps were not recognized as running, causing incorrect status reporting. The fixes expand bootstrap pattern recognition to cover these launcher shapes.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #138733. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #138733 (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-138733`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #127865: \[Bug\]: Docker bundled launcher shape (\`import os, site, sys\`) still not in \`_BOOTSTRAPS\` — dashboard reports a live gateway as stopped

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138733: fix(gateway): recognise a gateway started by the bundled/Docker bin/hermes launcher**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `gateway/status_inline_source.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`
- **#127868: fix(gateway): recognize bundled launcher bootstrap**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#129155`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`
- **#129155: fix(gateway): count a gateway started by the native payload launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#127868`, `#127865`
- **#129832: fix(gateway): recognize Docker bundled launcher bootstrap (#127865)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #138733 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-15`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`