# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway standalone mode startup and identity bugs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address bugs in the gateway's standalone startup behavior, including issues with host rendezvous process identity stability and conflicts when multiple standalone profiles attempt to coexist.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #130522. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #130522 (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-130522`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #128600: \[Bug\]: Two \`gateway.standalone: true\` profiles cannot coexist — the second one is refused on the lock-loss recheck ("starting beside" then "Refusing" 2 ms later)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130522: fix(gateway): two gateway.standalone profiles can run side by side again, including after a WSL clock resync (#128600, salvage #128602 #129035)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/host_rendezvous.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_gateway_lock_refusal.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_rendezvous.py`
- **#128602: fix(gateway): allow standalone starts when owner probe is unavailable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6111d347f0`, `#128600`, `#130522`
- **#129035: fix(gateway): stabilize host rendezvous process identity**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `6111d347f0`, `#130522`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #130522 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-01`.