# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gateway host detection when child process HOME differs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #135590: \[Bug\]: hermes doctor falsely reports no host gateway when caller HOME differs from the supervised gateway HOME
- PR #135880: fix(gateway): lock dir follows the real home, not a repointed HOME
- PR #136041: fix(gateway): preserve host rendezvous across child HOME

The members concern gateway host rendezvous and lock directory handling when a process's HOME differs from the supervised gateway's HOME. One is a bug report about \`hermes doctor\` reporting no host gateway in that situation, and two are fix-titled changes addressing HOME handling.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #135590: \[Bug\]: hermes doctor falsely reports no host gateway when caller HOME differs from the supervised gateway HOME

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#135880: fix(gateway): lock dir follows the real home, not a repointed HOME**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_cli/update_restart_recovery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_host_rendezvous.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_host_obligation.py`
- **#136041: fix(gateway): preserve host rendezvous across child HOME**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#135590`, `#135880`
  - files: `gateway/status.py`, `hermes_constants.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_multiplex_host_topology_reporting.py`

## Fix status

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