# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Standalone gateway incorrectly reported as host gateway

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #130570: \[Bug\]: a gateway.standalone profile that wins the boot race keeps the host gateway record; host_gateway_topology() reports it as the host gateway for every served profile
- PR #130580: fix(gateway): ignore standalone owner in host topology
- PR #130582: fix(gateway): ignore standalone owner in host topology

A bug where a standalone gateway profile winning the boot race causes it to be recorded as the host gateway, making host_gateway_topology() report it incorrectly for all served profiles. Includes related fix attempts targeting standalone owner exclusion in host topology logic.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130570: \[Bug\]: a gateway.standalone profile that wins the boot race keeps the host gateway record; host_gateway_topology() reports it as the host gateway for every served profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130580: fix(gateway): ignore standalone owner in host topology**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/host_topology.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_topology.py`
- **#130582: fix(gateway): ignore standalone owner in host topology**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/host_topology.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_topology.py`

## Fix status

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