# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Windows path-with-spaces handling in gateway/bootstrap

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #129945: \[Windows\] hermes update still aborts at gateway discovery when the interpreter path contains a space (inline-bootstrap detection never reaches -c)
- PR #129949: fix(gateway): preserve Windows interpreter path boundaries
- PR #129952: fix(windows): preserve inline bootstrap paths with spaces

These items address a bug on Windows where interpreter or bootstrap paths containing spaces cause failures during gateway discovery and inline-bootstrap detection. The fixes aim to preserve correct path boundaries so the relevant code paths are reached.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #129945: \[Windows\] hermes update still aborts at gateway discovery when the interpreter path contains a space (inline-bootstrap detection never reaches -c)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#129949: fix(gateway): preserve Windows interpreter path boundaries**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `ca5e12543a`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`, `tests/gateway/test_process_cmdline_source.py`
- **#129952: fix(windows): preserve inline bootstrap paths with spaces**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a3791399a2`, `e8fb8721bc`, `#129949`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_inline_bootstrap_identity.py`

## Fix status

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