# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Warn when .env overrides non-secret gateway config.yaml settings

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #13582: Non-secret gateway settings in .env silently override config.yaml
- PR #39641: fix(config): warn when env shadows gateway config (#13582)

The members concern non-secret gateway settings in .env taking precedence over config.yaml without notice. Two titles describe changes that add a warning when the two sources conflict (referencing #13582), and one titled as an issue describes the silent override behavior.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #13582: Non-secret gateway settings in .env silently override config.yaml

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#13629: fix(gateway-config): warn when non-secret settings conflict between config.yaml and .env (#13582)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#39641: fix(config): warn when env shadows gateway config (#13582)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/config.py`, `gateway/platform_registry.py`, `gateway/platforms/ADDING_A_PLATFORM.md`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `gateway/yaml_env.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway.py`, `hermes_cli/gateway_windows.py`, `hermes_cli/web_server.py`, `plugins/platforms/buzz/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/dingtalk/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/discord/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/feishu/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/matrix/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/mattermost/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/slack/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/telegram/adapter.py`, `plugins/platforms/whatsapp/adapter.py`, `tests/gateway/fixtures/issue-13582-telegram-self-restart.json`, `tests/gateway/test_config.py` (+8 more)

## Fix status

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